Bryconamericus pachacuti 

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Characiformes	Characidae

Scientific Name:	Bryconamericus pachacuti
Species Authority:	Eigenmann, 1927
Common Name(s): Spanish – Mojarita

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2016
Date Assessed:	2014-04-24
Assessor(s):	Velasquez Quispe, M. & Anderson, E.
Reviewer(s):	Tognelli, M. & Cox, N.A.
Facilitator/Compiler(s):	Abba, A.M.
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern because of its wide distribution, its presence in many protected areas and because there are no major widespread threats currently affecting its population.
Previously published Red List assessments:	2009 – Least Concern (LC) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in the upper Amazon River basin in the Urubamba and Ucayali rivers in Peru (Ortega et al. 2012, Roman-Valencia et al. 2013), in the Madre de Dios and Orthon rivers in the Madera basin of Bolivia (Carvajal-Vallejos et al. 2014), and in the Caqueta River in the Amazon basin of Colombia (Bogota-Gregory and Maldonado-Ocampo 2006), and in the Morona-Santiago River basin (Roman-Valencia et al. 2013) and in the Napo River basin (ANSP) in Ecuador. It occurs at elevations between 250 to 1,500 m asl.
Countries occurrence:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Colombia; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland)); Peru
Additional data:	♦ Lower elevation limit (metres): 250 ♦ Upper elevation limit (metres): 1500
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Population [top]

Population:	This species has a stable population trend at present, and seems to be abundant.
Current Population Trend:	Stable
Additional data:	♦ Population severely fragmented: No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Bryconamericus pachacuti is a benthopelagic (ecological region at the lowest level of water body) species. It is associated with flowing water.
Systems:	Freshwater

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:

This species is not used or traded.

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place. Its distribution overlaps several protected areas.