Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 25. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)
Africa: occurs in the Ogowe to Chiloango Rivers (Ref. 81638). Also reported from the marine lower Congo River (Ref. 80507) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Report from the Inkisi River probably based on a locality error (Ref. 88779).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 81638)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 13 - 16; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 9 - 13. Diagnosis: anal fin with 2 unbranched and 7-11 branched rays; head and body with dark band along mid-lateral surface from snout to at least rear of caudal peduncle (Ref. 81638).
Maximum TL was recorded at 4.2 cm (Ref. 7094).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).