Hemigrammus taphorni

Hemigrammus taphorni Benine & Lopes, 2007

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Pristellinae
Etymology: Hemigrammus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335); taphorni: Named for Donald C. Taphorn, collector of this new species and whose work has greatly contributed to the knowledge of Neotropical ichthyology.
Eponymy: Dr Donald Charles Taphorn Baechle (d: 1951) is an American zoologist and ichthyologist who lives in Venezuela and whose major interest is Venezuelan freshwater fish. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Río Caura, Venezuela.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 72397)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 24 - 25. Diagnosed from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: elongate dorsal fin (more evident in adult males) with an anterior dark area; concentration of dark pigments on the distal portion of the second through fourth branched anal-fin rays (resulting in a dark dash in this area); presence of a single humeral spot and caudal spot reaching the tip of the middle caudal-fin rays; premaxillary teeth of the outer row bearing only three cusps; three scale rows below the lateral line (Ref. 72397).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Benine, R.C. and G.A.M. Lopes, 2007. A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Río Caura, Venezuela. Zootaxa 1610:53-59. (Ref. 72397)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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