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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.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
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
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).
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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. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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