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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Characiformes (Characins) >
Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Jupiabinae
Etymology: Jupiaba: An indigenous word from Brazil, in the region where Angela (Ichthyologist) was born and discovered several new fishes. (Personal communication from Barry Chernoff, Curator Fishes/Museum of Chicago.
More on author: Eigenmann.
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Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: upper Amazon River basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81201)
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Terán, G.E., M.F. Benitez and J.M. Mirande, 2020. Opening the Trojan house: phylogeny of Astyanax, two genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae). Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 190(4):1217-1234. (Ref. 123753)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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