Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical
Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, known from the Chiloango, Kouilou and Loémé Rivers in the Republic of Congo and Cabinda (Angola) (Ref. 81638). Presence in the Kasai River (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 41590) questionable (Ref. 7094).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7094)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 16; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 12. Diagnosis: 40-43 lateral line scales; 8 scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin; lateral surface of snout and often also regions ventral and posteroventral or orbit with highly elaborate laterosensory canal system formed of multiple intersecting segments; region posterodorsal and posterior of orbit without elaborate laterosensory canal system or with limited system immediately posterior of orbit (Ref. 81638).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse, 1984. Distichodontidae. p. 184-211. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 7094)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00189 - 0.01058), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
