Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Stanleyville [= Kisangani] (Ref. 41594) and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245). Also reported from the Aruwimi and Uele as Garra dembeensis (Ref. 41594), reidentified as Garra ornata (Ref. 2801). However, Ref. 106290 only reports G. dembeensis from the Aruwimi. Type-locality of the holotype of Discognathus ornatus: 'Stanleyville' (Ref. 41594). Also Ref. 2966.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menon, A.G.K., 1964
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Common names from other countries

饰妆墨头鱼, Koruimubarbi, Ehis-napplõug, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817); ornata: Apparently named for Ethelwynn Trewavas..
More on authors: Nichols & Griscom.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)

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Africa: Niger basin to Congo River basin (Ref. 2801).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Diagnosis: dorsal profile distinctly arched; rostral lobe well developed and edge very weakly denticulate (Ref. 81282). Suctorial disc development intermediate, with free posterior edge; post-pelvic region scaled, predorsal region partially scaled; belly and chest naked; predorsal length 45.5-52.2% SL; body depth 15.8-22.3% SL; head length 22.7-28.8% SL; (Ref. 81639). Scale formula: 4.5/35-38/-; 3.5; 14-16 (Ref. 81282) or 34-37 scales in lateral line and 12-14 circumpeduncular scales (Ref. 81639). D: III ,7; A: III, 5; P: IV, 11; V: II, 6 (Ref. 81639) or D: III,7; A: II,5; P: I, 14; V: 8 (Ref. 2940, 81282).

Maximum recorded TL: 8.5 cm (Ref. 2801).

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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 Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00331 - 0.01740), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

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).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Garra ornata (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)