Cameroon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Chad and Bénué basin (Ref. 2936, 51193, 86396). Also in Lake Chad (Ref. 51193).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gosse, J.P., E.J. Coenen and G.G. Teugels, 2003
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Common names from other countries

线斑矮脂鲤, Laikjoon-väikesalmler, 線斑矮脂鯉, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Distichodontidae (Distichodus)
Etymology: Nannocharax: Latin, nannus = small + Greek, charax = a marine fish without identification (Ref. 45335).

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

; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Africa: upper courses of Niger River and Chari-Logone basin (Ref. 2936, 86396).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2936)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Diagnosis: size small, body elongate; head length 4-7.6x SL; scale formula 3.5-4.5/46-50/-; 9-11.5 scales between posterior end of adipose and caudal fin base; 12-13 scales around caudal peduncle; 4 or 5 scales between anus and anal-fin origin; pectoral fins usually extending beyond pelvic-fin bases; pelvic fins not extending beyond anus; dorsal-fin origin behind level of pelvic-fin insertions; 9-10 anal fin branched rays; 11-12 dorsal fin branched rays; 12-13 pectoral fin branched rays; 8 pelvic fin branched rays; colour pattern different from other Nannocharax species; 3-4 cross-bars present on back; 3-5 spots along lateral line, connected or not by a dark, narrow, mid-lateral band (Ref. 2936, 86396).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Gosse, J.-P. and E.J. Coenen, 1990. Distichodontidae. p. 237-260. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2936)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Nannocharax lineomaculatus Blache & Miton, 1960