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Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
Etymology: Carnegiella: After Miss Margaret Carnegie, referring to the grace of the fish.
More on author: Myers.
Issue
See Weitzman (1960) for distribution.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 5.5 - 6.5; dH range: ? - 4. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)
South America: Negro and upper Orinoco River basins.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39056)
Feeds mainly at the surface on insects, but also takes crustaceans. Aquarium specimens reach 3.5 cm TL (Ref. 7020).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5645 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01950 (0.00947 - 0.04014), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).