Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468); 11°S - 20°S
Africa: Okavango and Kafue system in southern Africa (Ref. 52193). Also in the lower (Ref. 42510, 41585), middle (Ref. 11970, 41590, 41591, 82705) and upper (Ref. 106245) Congo River basin. Reports from the upper Zambezi and some from the Kafue (Ref. 12524, 13337, 94654) are misidentifications of Nannocharax dageti (Ref. 95523).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 52193)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 3; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 9 - 11; Afterflossenstacheln: 2; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 8.
Found in marginal vegetation of large rivers, in flowing water; picks small insects and other invertebrates from plant surfaces; pot sufficiently common for aquarium trade (Ref. 7248, 52193).
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
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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=0.00380 (0.00147 - 0.00981), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).