Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico. Tropical
Africa: found in the Sanaga (Ref. 80507, 81638), Ntem (Ref. 70994, 51193, 81638), Kienké and Nyong (Ref. 7094, 81638) River systems. Also found in the Dja River (Sangha drainage, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 7094, 46233, 80507, 81638).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 81638)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12 - 15; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 9 - 12. Diagnosis: 46-50 lateral line scales, pored except for 1-2 terminal scales; 7-9 branched anal fin rays; tip of pelvic fin falling short of, or barely extending to rear of, vent; dorsal portions of body with distinct dark, vertically oriented dark marks that form saddle-shaped pigmentation pattern; dark pigmentation on body extending distinctly below horizontal through base of pectoral fin in form of relatively narrow, vertical bars; adipose fin unpigmented (Ref. 81638).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Vari, R.P., 2007. Distichodontidae. p. 412-465. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81638)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di potenziale interesse
Strumenti
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