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Etymology: Acarichthys: From tupí guaraní, acara = the name of a fish + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.
Issue
Redescription based on Peruvian material by Kullander (1986: 134).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico; dH range: 18 - ?; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: along mainstream Amazon River in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, including lower parts of the Putumayo, Trombetas, Negro, and Xingu rivers; lower Tocantins and Capim rivers; Branco River (Amazonas basin) in Brazil and Guyana, and the Essequibo River in Guyana.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 125971); peso massimo pubblicato: 276.00 g (Ref. 125971)
Max. length 20 cm TL (Ref. 2060).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
A hole nester.
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02399 (0.01334 - 0.04313), b=3.02 (2.85 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.28 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).