Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 15. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614)
Africa: widespread in the Congo River basin, from the lower Congo basin (Ref. 41594, 94471) up to the upper Lualaba (Ref. 2970), in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also in the Chiloango River basin (Ref. 81638, 94471) in Cabinda Province of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7094)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 14; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 12. Diagnosis: moderately elongate; well-developed snout of moderate length and moderately sized scales; 67-72 scales along lateral line; caudal fin with 3 transverse bars across each lobe; dorsal fin with series of black spots forming horizontal stripes in spread fin (Ref. 81638).
Feeds on small fishes (Ref. 13614).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse, 1984. Distichodontidae. p. 184-211. 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. 7094)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [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): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
