Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 1672)
Africa: widespread in the Congo River basin, from the lower Congo (Ref. 42510) to the upper Lualaba (Ref. 2970); absent from the Luapula-Moero (Ref. 2970).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7094)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 25 - 26; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 13 - 14. Snout distinctively elongated; mouth terminal; 6-8 vertical dark bars on the flanks that are persistent throughout life-span: in life, orange to reddish body colour (Ref. 122092).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00634 - 0.03785), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).