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Characiformes (Characins) >
Acestrorhamphidae (American tetras) > Stichonodontinae
Etymology: hysterosticta: Derived from the Greek hysteros (after or posterior) and stictus (spot) in reference to the humeral spot located posteriorly on the body side.
Eponymy: Dr William J Moenkhaus (1871–1947) was an American geneticist and ichthyologist who became Professor of Physiology at Indiana University Medical School (1904–1941), where he was Eigenmann’s colleague. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: middle portions of the Rio Tocantins in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58760)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 28 - 31; Vertebrae: 32 - 34. Upper caudal-fin lobe with a dark spot; and above the fifth to ninth perforated scales of the lateral line with a large and irregularly shaped humeral spot (Ref. 58760).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lucinda, P.H.F., L.R. Malabarba and R.C. Benine, 2007. On a new species of the genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Zootaxa 1525:61-68. (Ref. 58760)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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