Triportheus angulatus : fisheries, bait

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Triportheus angulatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)

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Common names: Sardinha, Sardinha chata, Sardinha curta
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Dourado, O.F., 1981
Importance: commercial | Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from Machado (Ref. 97589) and Acre River basins (Ref. 97592). Found in fish markets of Santarém (Ref. 12202). Also Ref. 10615.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Arenca, Pechón, Sardinha, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Triportheidae (Hatchet characins) > Triportheinae
Etymology: Triportheus: Greek, tres tria = three + Greek, portheo = to sack (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Spix & Agassiz.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: 5.0 - 9.0; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 5 m (Ref. 10615). Tropical; 22°C - 30°C (Ref. 9110); 1°N - 8°S

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South America: Amazon River basin.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 15.5, range 15 - 16 cm
Max length : 23.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 111115); common length : 14.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 10612); common length :18 cm TL (female); peso máximo publicado: 211.00 g (Ref. 111115)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría


Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs over sandy bottoms in rivers. Usually forms schools. Mainly diurnal (Ref. 9086). Feeds on the fruits and seeds of Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae; Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, and Brachyplatystoma flavicans (Ref. 9086); and on plankton, nekton, and crustaceans (Ref. 10615).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Males and females spawn in groups; often two or more males curled around one female (Ref. 10612).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. …, 2003. Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. 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. 38376)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia; carnada: occasionally
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.01043 - 0.01913), b=2.91 (2.84 - 2.98), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  2.7   ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 129 [39, 297] mg/100g; Iron = 1.45 [0.71, 3.21] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.4 [0.1, 1.1] g/100g; Selenium = 46.5 [20.9, 99.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 65.9 [23.0, 160.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.4 [1.7, 3.4] mg/100g (wet weight);