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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: matthesi: Named for the collector of the type series, H. Matthes (Ref. 114247).
Eponymy: Dr Hubert Matthes is a Dutch ichthyologist who, early in life, moved with his parents to the then Belgian Congo for several years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Poll & Gosse.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Africa: Nsele River, a Malebo Pool tributary (Ref. 114247), up to Yangambi, Middle Congo River (Ref. 42033, 114247), including Ruki drainage (42033, 93897, 114247) and Kwilu (Ref. 114247), in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Léfini River in Congo Republic (Ref. 122753).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Diagnosis: Clypeobarbus matthesi is unique among congeners in pigmentation patterning on dorsal fin in which proximal third to half is smoky black and distal half is creamy white in preservation, red in life, and eye form oval vs. rounded in congeners (Ref. 114247). It differs from all except C. bellcrossi, C. congicus and C. breviclipeus in possessing large pore-bearing scales in midlateral series below dorsal fin vs. greatly enlarged, high and narrow, shield-like scales in C. pleuropholis, C. bomokandi, C. hypsolepis, C. schoutedeni and C. pseudognathodon; it is readily distinguished from C. bellcrossi in lacking a series of discrete pigment dots midlaterally along body, and from C. congicus and C. breviclipeus in lateral-line scale counts, 26-28 vs. 20-22 and 23-24 respectively (Ref. 114247).

Maximum TL was recorded at 7.9 cm (Ref. 2801).

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Stiassny, M.L.J. and H. Sakharova, 2016. Review of the smiliogastrin cyprinids of the Kwilu River (Kasai Basin, central Africa), revised diagnosis for Clypeobarbus (Cyprinidae: Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) and description of a new species. J. Fish Biol. 88(5):1394-1412. (Ref. 114247)

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00447 - 0.03086), b=3.01 (2.78 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Clypeobarbus matthesi (Poll & Gosse, 1963)