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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Characiformes (Characins) >
Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Lebiasininae
Etymology: Lebiasina: Derived from Greek, lebias, lebiou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335); ortegai: Named for Dr. Armando Ortega, fo his contributions to the scientific knowledge of the ictiofauna of Colombia..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83637)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Collection was done in the morning in Quebrada Las Cañas where waters are clear, with rich substrate of clay and organic material. Associated species include Poecilia caucana, Trichomycterus caliensis/i>, Bryconamericus caucanus, Astyanax aurocaudatus, and Aequidens pulcher. Vegetation include, Guadua Bambusa guadua, Bijao Calathea lutea, Plátano Musa paradisiaca, Zapote Matisia cordata, Quiebra-barriga pr Aro Trichanthera gigantea. The area is planted with sugar cane and grass for grazing cattle (Ref. 83637).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Ardila Rodríguez, C.A., 2008. Lebiasina ortegai (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae), nueva especie, sistema del Río Cauca, Colombia. Dahlia (Rev. Asoc. Colomb. Ictiól.) 10:17-25. (Ref. 83637)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).