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Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Eponymy: Harold Henry King (1885–1954) was a British government entomologist in Sudan (1906– 1932). He was in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) (1934) to experiment with poison dust as an antidote to swarms of locusts. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
; المياه العذبة قاعية التغذية و المعيشة; غير مهاجرة. Tropical
Africa: Lake Chad area of northern Chad, northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria (Ref. 57259); also Sobat, Wadi Halfa and White Nile drainages in central Sudan (Ref. 3788).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 57259); 3.5 cm TL (female)
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 5 - 7; شوكة شرجية: 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 10 - 12; فقرات: 26 - 27. Diagnosis: Small and slender species with rounded fins; dorsal fin with 5-7 rays, anal fin with 10-12 rays; scales on mid-lateral series 25-28 (Ref. 28714, 57259).
Found in pools, swamps, shallow waters and drainage ditches (Ref. 3788, 57259). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Wildekamp, R.H. and J.R. Van der Zee, 2003. Poeciliidae. p. 300-324 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57259)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00222 - 0.01425), b=3.07 (2.85 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
