Characidae - Bryonamericus peruanus (Muller & Troschel, 1845) |
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| SOURCE FOR OCCURRENCE IN ECUADOR: This species is common along the Western slope of Ecuador. There are many references for its occurrence in the area (e.g., Eigenmann, 1922; Eigenmann, 1929; Bohlke, 1958; Ovchynnyk, 1971; Gery, 1977; Glodek, 1978; Barriga, 1989; Barriga, 1994). |
| ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Müller, J. and F.H. Troschel. 1845. Horae Ichthyologicae. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer Fische. Die Familie der Characinen. Erstes und Zweites Heft. Berlin. Horae Ichthyologicae. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer Fische. Die Familie der Characinen. Nos. 1 & 2: 1-40, Pls. 1-11. |
| TYPE SPECIMENS: |
| TAXONOMIC STATUS: Valid (Eschmeyer and Fricke, 2011). However, in a recent morphometric study of the species, Roman-Valencia et al. (2011) indicate that B. peruanus in western ecuador differed significantly from Peruvian populations and may represent a new, undescribed species. |
| RANGE ECUADOR: Western slope of Ecuador (Eigenmann, 1922). |
| RANGE OUTSIDE OF ECUADOR: Western slope of Peru (Eigenmann, 1929). |
| COLLECTIONS IN ECUADOR: |
| MAXIMUM SIZE: 12.5 cm (Eigenmann, 1929). |
| DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Bryconamericus peruanus differs from other species by the following combination of characters: Head and anterior part of body heavy, tapering from near the pectoral to the caudal peduncle or more regularly elliptical; profile from the lip of the occipital to the nares steep and nearly straight, sharply decurved in front of the nares, preventral area rounded (Eigenmann, 1929). Anal fin rays 25-27; lateral line scales, 37-38; head length in SL, 3.31-3.61 (Glodek, 1978). |
| ECOLOGY: Bryconamericus peruanus is known in Ecuador as the “sardina”. It is a small, ecologically important, omnivorous characid (Barriga, 1994). |
| ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: This species is not exploited as a food fish because of its small size. |
| CONSERVATION STATUS: NA, although the species is not directly exploited as a food species and appears to be common in the region. |
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| SPECIES PROFILE CREATED BY: Enrique Laaz |
| SPECIES PROFILE CONTRIBUTORS: Windsor Aguirre |
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