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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Zenarchopteridae (Internally fertilized halfbeaks)
Etymology: Zenarchopterus: Particle zen, derived from zao = to give life + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, pteron = fin.
Eponymy: Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen (1878–1937) was a Dutch herpetologist and ichthyologist who was Professor of Zoology, Leiden University, until his retirement (1917–1931). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Weber.

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

Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; depth range 0 - ? m. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614); 1°S - 6°S

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 13.5, range 12 - 15 cm
Max length : 20.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9158); 17.5 cm SL (female); common length : 17.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9158); common length :16 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 20.00 g (Ref. 9158); max. published weight: 20.00 g

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13.

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

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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)

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2020

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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Zenarchopterus kampeni (Weber, 1913)