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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
South America: Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57697)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Diagnosis: The new species is characterized by: 5 - 6 teeth in the inner row of premaxilla; 6-11
tricuspid or conical maxillary teeth; dentary teeth gradually decreasing in size; lateral line
incomplete; many small scales on the basis of caudal, reminiscent of the species of the genus
Markiana; 4-5 supraneuralia; with scale formula: 7-8/(15-23) 36-38/6-7, (8) iv-v 23-27 (i) anal fin rays; and, a dark longitudinal band from gill cover to the tips of middle caudal fin rays (Ref. 57697).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zarske, A. and J. Géry, 2006. Beschreibung einer neuer Salmler -Gattung und zweier neuer Arten (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) aus Peru und Brasilien. Zool. Abh. Staat. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 55:31-49. (Ref. 57697)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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