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Microctenopoma uelense Norris & Douglas, 1995

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Norris, S.M., 1995
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known throughout the upper Uele River drainage and from the upper and middle Aruwimi River drainage (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 26634). Also reported from the Itimbiri (Ref. 106290). This species replaces M. nanum in the non-forested regions of the north-eastern Congo basin (Ref. 26634). Type locality of the holotype of M. uelense: "Zaire: Uele district: just outside borders of Garamba National Park, in the northeastern most headwaters of the Zaire River system, unspecified tributary waters of the Nangbalama River, a tributary of the Aka River, which feeds the Dungu River, a major tributary of the Uele River" (Ref. 26634).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Norris, S.M., 1995
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Common names from other countries

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

> Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Anabantidae (Climbing gouramies)
Etymology: Microctenopoma: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Greek, poma = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Tropical

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Africa: Uele River drainage, upper and middle Aruwimi River drainage (Ref. 26634) and the Itimbiri (Ref. 106290) (middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also recorded from the Yei River, a tributary to the White Nile in Sudan; this species replaces M. nanum in the non-forested regions of the north-eastern Congo basin (Ref. 26634).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26634); 5.3 cm SL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 14 - 17; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8 - 11; Espinas anales: 6 - 9; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 12; Vértebra: 26 - 28.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

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Norris, S.M., 1995. Microctenopoma uelense and M. nigricans, a new genus and two new species of anabantid fishes from Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 6(4):357-376. (Ref. 26634)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).