Overview
Family : Characins ; Occurs in slow flowing areas of the main stream , over muddy bottoms [1]. Considered gregarious and peaceful. Its reproduction in captivity would have been carried out for the first time in 1988[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Carib:
Pikili
Common Names in Creole, French:
Clou d'argent
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, English:
Moloko chiba, Piki chiba
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Clou d'argent, Moloko Chiba, Piki Chiba
Common Names in Djuka:
Moloko chiba, Piki chiba
Common Names in English:
colletti tetra
Common Names in Finnish:
Rusopyrst, Rusopyrstötetra
Common Names in Galibi:
Pikili
Common Names in German:
Colletti-Salmler
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
科氏直線脂鯉, 科氏直线脂鲤
Common Names in Palicur:
Ixha
Common Names in Portuguese:
Lambari
Common Names in Spanish:
Bobita, Mojara, Sardinita
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,877 meters (0 to 6,158 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Characiformes
()
- Family:
n slow flowing areas of the main stream,
over m
()
- Subfamily:
Tetragonopterinae
()
- Genus:
Moenkhausia
()
- Eigenmann, 1903
- Specific name:
collettii
- Scientific name: - Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Specific name:
collettii
- Genus:
Moenkhausia
(
- Subfamily:
Tetragonopterinae
(
- Family:
n slow flowing areas of the main stream,
over m
(
- Order:
Characiformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Moenkhausia colletti • Moenkhausia colletti (Steindachner • Moenkhausia colletti (Steindachner, 1882) • Moenkhausia collettii • Tetragonopterus collettii • Tetragonopterus collettii Steindachner • Tetragonopterus collettii Steindachner, 1882
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Steindachner,F. Sitzb. Akad. Wien, 84: 83, 1882.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 29-May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Moenkhausia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. colletti (Colletti Tetra) · M. collettii (Colletti Tetra) · M. dichroura (Spot-Tailed Moenkhausia) · M. oligolepis (Glass Headstander) · M. pittieri (Diamond Characin) · M. profunda (Yellow-Banded Moenkhausia) · M. sanctaefilomenae (Yellow-Banded Moenkhausia) · M. takasei (Black Jacket)
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Further Reading
- Breviora. 1979 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 11.
- The American Characidae / by Carl H. Eigenmann. 43 1929 Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1917-1929. url descr. of plate 101 , descr. of plate 15 , p. 104, p. 106, p. 524.
- The American Characidae By Carl H. Eigenmann. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum, 1917-29. url , , p. 104.
- The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands / by C.H. Eigenmann. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1912. url p. 328, p. 328.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132096
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-60252
- Fishbase Species ID: 26473
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162987
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 116870
Footnotes
- Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail (1996). Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane (tome 1). Collection du Patrimoine Naturel, vol.22. IEGB-M.N.H.N., INRA, CSP, Min. Env., Paris. 429 p. [back]
- Boujard, T., M. Pascal, J.F. Meunier and P.Y. Le Bail (1997). Poissons de Guyane. Guide écologique de l'Approuague et de la réserve des Nouragues. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, 219 p. [back]
- Mean = 448.750 meters (1,472.277 feet), Standard Deviation = 305.690 based on 59 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
