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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Rivulidae (Rivulines) > Rivulinae
Etymology: linearis: From the Latin, linearis, consisting of lines, in reference to the red oblique lines regularly arranged on
the flank in males..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Rio Pardo, middle Rio Paraná Basin, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116860); 2.4 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 13 - 15; Vertebrae: 30 - 31. Melanorivulus linearis is similar to M. egens, and differs from all other members of the M. pictus group by having red chevron-shaped marks regularly distributed on the flank (vs. irregularly), by lacking distinctive dark marks on humeral region (vs. presence), and by the absence of red dots on the anteroventral portion of flank (vs. presence). It can be diagnosed from M. egens by having the following characters: males with red bars restricted to the dorsal portion of the caudal fin (vs. absent); females with black bars on the caudal fin (vs. black dots); males with a pale green spot on humeral region (vs. absent); and second proximal radial of the dorsal fin located between neural spines of 18th and 19th vertebrae (vs. between neural spines of 19th and 21st vertebrae) (Ref. 116860).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Costa, W.J.E.M., 2018. Three new species of the killifish genus Melanorivulus from the Rio Paraná, central Brazilian Cerrado (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Zoosyst. Evol. 94(1):17-27. (Ref. 116860)
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=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
