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Leptocypris weeksii (Boulenger, 1899)

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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Danionidae (Danios) > Chedrinae
Etymology: Leptocypris: Greek, leptos = thin + Kypris, other name for Aphrodite, proceeding from Cyprus (Kypris), Greek, kyprinos = carp (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Rev John Henry Weeks (1861–1924) was a pioneering Baptist missionary in Congo (1882– 1912) who was also an ethnographer, explorer and diarist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.

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

; süßwasser benthopelagisch. Tropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Africa: lower Congo (Ref. 42510), middle Congo River (Ref. 72505), Itimbiri, Lindi-Tshopo (Ref. 106290), Wagenia Falls (Ref. 46861, 106245) and lower Lualaba (Ref. 106245) in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2801)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. 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. 2801)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

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