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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Serrasalmidae (Piranhas and pacus) > Myleinae
Etymology: lebaili: Dedicated to Pierre-Yves Le Bail, INRA, Rennes, France. First to have collected the species, and for his global work in French Guiana.
Eponymy: Pierre-Yves Le Bail (d: 1954) is a French ichthyologist who is the Research Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris (1979–present). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 0°S - 5°S

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South America: Mana River and Maroni basins in French Guiana, and Commewine River in Suriname.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47182)

All specimens captured in rapids upstream. Captured with hooked-lines baited with Podostemaceae, arrows, and rotenone. Podostemaceae seems to be their main diet. Very similar to Tometes trilobatus. Both species are important for Amerindian tribes Wayãpi and Wayana. Could be endangered by human threats like subsistence fisheries, habitat destruction by mining activities, and dams (Ref. 47182).

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Jégu, M., P. Keith and E. Belmont-Jégu, 2002. Une nouvelle espèce de Tometes (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae) du Bouclier Guyanais, Tometes lebaili n. sp.. Bull. Fr. Pêche Piscic. 364:23-48. (Ref. 47182)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 10 January 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02399 (0.01094 - 0.05261), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Tometes lebaili Jégu, Keith & Belmont-Jégu, 2002