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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mamberamo River in Irian Jaya. Also Ref. 9158.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1991
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Common names from other countries

Sepik river garfish, Neuguinea-Halbschnäbler, Jokinokkakala, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Zenarchopteridae (Internally fertilized halfbeaks)
Etymology: Zenarchopterus: Particle zen, derived from zao = to give life + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, pteron = fin.
More on author: Weber.

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

; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as); pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; intervalo de profundidade 0 - ? m. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614); 1°S - 6°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Asia and Oceania: Ramu and Sepik rivers in Papua New Guinea and Mamberamo River in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 13.5, range 12 - 15 cm
Max length : 20.7 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9158); 17.5 cm SL (female); common length : 17.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9158); common length :16 cm SL (female); peso máx. Publicado: 20.00 g (Ref. 9158); peso máx. Publicado: 20.00 g

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios dorsais moles (total) : 12 - 14; Raios anais moles: 12 - 13.

Occurs in lakes and backwaters to river channels, and lower sections of tributary streams. Caught using harpoons, hand nets, and scoop nets.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Coates, D. and P.A.M. van Zwieten, 1992. Biology of the freshwater halfbeak Zenarchopterus kampeni (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from the Sepik and Ramu River basin, northern Papua New Guinea. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(1):25-36. (Ref. 9158)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)