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Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Myleinae
Etymology: makue: Named in honor of the Tukano tribe for who the 'makue ñigi' (black pacu) represents a valuable species in their cultural life (Ref. 46931).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
South America: Middle and upper Negro River and Orinoco River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 46931)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 24; Anal soft rays: 30 - 36; Vertebrae: 39 - 40. Mouth is horizontal (Ref. 46931). A large number, 6 to 11 pairs, of teeth in the lower jaw for specimens larger than 100 mm SL (Ref. 46931). A small number of prepelvic serrae, 0-9; and total serrae, 10-23 (Ref. 46931).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Jégu, M., G. Mendes dos Santos and E. Belmont-Jégu, 2002. Tometes makue n. sp. (Characidae: Serrasalminae), une nouvelle espèce du bouclier guyanais décrite des bassins du Rio Negro (Brésil) et de l'Orénoque (Venezuela). Cybium 26(4):253-274. (Ref. 46931)
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 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01040 - 0.05047), b=3.00 (2.82 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).