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    • MORPHOLOGICAL MEASURES

    Description

    • MBl: Maximum body length in centimetres according to FishBase
    • BEl: Body elongation as Bl/Bd
    • VEp: Vertical eye position as Eh/Bd
    • REs: Relative eye size as Ed/Hd
    • OGp: Oral gape position Mo/Bd
    • RMl: Relative maxillary length Jl/Hd
    • BLs: Body lateral shape Hd/Bd
    • PFv: Pectoral fin vertical position PFi/Bd
    • PFs: Pectoral fin size PFl/Bl
    • CPt: Caudal peduncle throttling CFd/CPd

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    Ecological traits (South America)

    • Family: Family
    • Species: Species name
    • Migration: anadrome, catadrome
    • Diet: detritus, plants, zoobenthos, zooplankton, nekton, others
    • Reproduction: vivipare, ovipare
    • Activity: diurn, nocturn
    • Habitat_Water: channel, lake, estuary
    • Habitat_Compartiment: bedrock, sand, gravel, aquatic vegetation
    • Habitat_Salinity: freshwater, brackish, marine