| Pristobrycon calmoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Serrasalmidae |
| Genus: | Pristobrycon |
| Species: | P. calmoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pristobrycon calmoni (Steindachner, 1908) | |
Pristobrycon calmoni is a South American species of serrasalmid fish.
It is mostly found in black or acidic waters, and in the turbid waters of the tributaries and main channel of the middle and low Orinoco River.
This is a small fish. The body is discoid with the anterodorsal profile slightly curved in a "S" shape. The head is robust and wide. The snout is blunt. There is a preanal spine present. The adipose fin is wide. The head is silver with methalic orange to red at mandibular and opercular regions. The iris is yellow. The body with greenish laterally and mixture of orange and red at the abdominal area. The body is not covered with round or oval black spots. There is a single spot behind the opercular area above the pectoral fin. Fins are pale except the anal that have the basal rays and membranes yellow or orange and the distal area black. The acaudal fin with a terminal black band. [1]
This is a predatory fish which consumes smaller fish and attacks the fins of others. It eats juveniles and aquatic insects and crustaceans (shrimps). Its diet occasionally includes fruits from the surrounding gallery forest. This is a solitary species and is never seen in schools.
Some authors [2] recognize two subspecies: Pristobrycon calmoni calmoni for the Amazonas (Brazil) and Pristobrycon calmoni bilineatus which is found in Venezuela and Guianas. The holotype probably is lost.
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Data related to Pristobrycon calmoni at Wikispecies