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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Characidae (Characins; tetras) > Stethaprioninae
Etymology: Andromakhe: Named for Áνδρομάχη, Andromakhe (‘battle of men’), a character in Greek mythology, she is the wife of Hector, Prince of Troy, and, in Homer’s epic poem Iliad, the mother of Ἀστυάναξ, Astyanax (‘city protector’)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 32°S - 33°S, 54°W - 55°W

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South America: Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Argentina, Río de la Plata basin, Buenos Aires, Punta Indio, Arroyo Casilda. Uruguay: Atlantic slope and Laguna Merín. Brazil: Vacacaí, Rio Grande do Sul (Ref. 84088).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94153)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Astyanax stenohalinus is distinguished from all other Astyanax species by the possession of hooks on all fins of males, teeth not expanded distally, two or three maxillary teeth, 37–39 perforated scales in lateral series, 25–30 branched anal fin rays, and anal-fin origin located before a vertical through last dorsal-fin ray insertions (Ref. 84088)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Terán, G.E., M.F. Benitez and J.M. Mirande, 2020. Opening the Trojan house: phylogeny of Astyanax, two genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae). Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 190(4):1217-1234. (Ref. 123753)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (B2b(iii)); Date assessed: 18 February 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Andromakhe stenohalina (Messner, 1962)