Triportheus albus

The Triportheus albus lives in the benthopelagic, potamodromous, freshwater, pH range: 5.2 - 7.0, dH range: 15 environment.

Juvenile Triportheus albus (Characidae) were sampled with a ringnet in the Central Amazon floodplain between March and April 1993. The microstructure of the otoliths of T. albus was analyzed under the scanning electron microscope. More

Morphometric data for Triportheus albus presented in Table 9. Body elongate and compressed laterally. Greatest body depth located slightly posterior to vertical through pectoral-fin insertion. Dorsal profile of head convex from upper lip to nares; nearly straight from nares to rear of head. More

Common names

Gelbflossen-Kropfsalmler in German (Deutsch)
Keltasiipitetra in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Pechón in Spanish (español)
Sardina in Spanish (español)
白石斧脂鯉 in Mandarin Chinese
白石斧脂鯉 in Unknown
白石斧脂鲤 in Mandarin Chinese
白石斧脂鲤 in Unknown

Order : Characiformes
Family : Characidae
Genus : Triportheus
Species : Triportheus albus
Authority : Cope, 1872