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Cynodontidae (Dogtooth characins)
Etymology: Cynodon: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Géry, Le, Bail & Keith.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico. Tropical
South America: coastal rivers in French Guiana and Suriname.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 38270)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12; Raggi anali molli: 66 - 70. Big mouth with a pair of large canines on anterior part of lower jaw; vertical diameter of eye 2.9-3.35 in head length; long pectoral fins 28-30% of SL; branched anal rays 63-67; humeral blotch smaller than eye; absence of black margin on pectoral and pelvic fins.
Predatory species.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Keith, P., P.-Y. Le Bail and P. Planquette, 2000. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 2, Fascicule I: Batrachoidiformes, Mugiliformes, Beloniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Synbranchiformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, Tetraodontiformes. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 43(I): 286p. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Ref. 35237)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Strumenti
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6289 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00197 - 0.01063), b=3.15 (2.95 - 3.35), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).