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Common names: Pechito, Pechito plateado de raya negra, Sternicla
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the Amazon region and vicinity of Iquitos. Exported as an aquarium fish (Ref. 9235).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Silver hatchet fish, Poisson hachette argenté, Pechito plateado de raya negra, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
Etymology: Gasteropelecus: Greek, gaster = stomach + Latin, pelecus =hatchet (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
See Weitzman (1960) for distribution.

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

; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: ? - 15. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)

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South America: Peruvian Amazon, middle Amazon, the Guianas and Venezuela (Ref. 39056). Recorded from the Paraguay basin (Ref. 81048).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 116942)

Gregarious, can sometimes be aggressive or calm. Frequents slow-flowing waters of creeks and swamps (Ref. 27188). Lives in groups at the surface. It is capable of capturing small aerial insects. The females are bigger than the males. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). Has not been bred in captivity (Ref. 27188). Aquarium specimens reach 6.5 cm TL (Ref. 7020). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; may jump out of the aquarium; minimum aquarium size 80 cm (Ref. 51539).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Weitzman, Stanley | Collaboratori

Weitzman, S.H. and L. Palmer, 2003. Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes). p. 101-103. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39056)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 October 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Acquacoltura: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6270 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00942 - 0.03853), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758)