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Notopteridae (Featherbacks or knifefishes)
弓背魚科 (Featherbacks or knifefishes) > Xenomystinae
Etymology: Xenomystus: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to the River Niger; the river (or its mouth, in the case of marine species) being the type locality. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
生態學
; 淡水 居於水底的; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19. 熱帶; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
Africa: widely distributed in tropical Africa, in the Nile, Chad, Niger, Ogowe and Congo basins (Ref. 7431). Also present in coastal rivers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Cameroon, but not found in Côte d'Ivoire nor Ghana (Ref. 7431).
非洲: 在獅子山，賴比瑞亞，多哥，貝南與喀麥隆的海岸河流域; 也在查德，尼羅河，剛果，尼日 (貝努埃河與尼日三角州), 歐固耶河與剛果 (陶盆 Centrale 與 Ubangui) 流域; 不出現在象牙海岸，迦納也不在尼日河上游中。
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 31256)
簡短描述
檢索表 | 型態特徵 | 形態測量圖
背棘 (總數) : 0; 臀棘: 0; 臀鰭軟條: 108 - 130. Body height 5-5.4 x SL, head length 6.9-7.5 x SL, snout smaller than eye, eye diameter 3.8-4.5 x head length, maxilla extends to vertical of eye center or just under the eye's posterior border, ventral spines 25-32
身體高度 5-5.4 x SL, 頭長 6.9-7.5 x SL, 吻比眼更小, 眼直徑 3.8-4.5個 x 頭長, 顎骨延伸到垂直的眼中心或靠近眼的後緣下面, 腹面棘 25-32
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Prefers quiet waters with vegetation. Females lay 150-200 eggs of 2 mm diameter (Ref. 1672). Can produce barking sounds. Comes to the surface from time to time to swallow air. Feeds at dusk and during the night on worms, crustaceans, insects and snails (Ref. 7020).
偏愛有植物生長的安靜水域。 雌性生下 2 mm 直徑的 150-200個卵。 (參考文獻 1672) 能發出吠聲。 時常來到表面吞空氣。 吃在薄暮而且夜晚時捕食蠕蟲, 甲殼動物，昆蟲與蝸牛.(參考文獻 7020)
Life cycle and mating behavior
成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
非洲: 在獅子山，賴比瑞亞，多哥，貝南與喀麥隆的海岸河流域; 也在查德，尼羅河，剛果，尼日 (貝努埃河與尼日三角州), 歐固耶河與剛果 (陶盆 Centrale 與 Ubangui) 流域; 不出現在象牙海岸，迦納也不在尼日河上游中。
Roberts, T.R., 1992. Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383. (Ref. 7431)
IUCN 瀕危狀態 (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
無危 (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 June 2019
人類使用
漁業: 沒有興趣; 水族館: 商業性
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00304 - 0.02174), b=2.99 (2.77 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
營養階層 (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.44 se; based on food items.
回復力 (Ref.
120179): 高度, 族群倍增時間少於 15個月 (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
