Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
Africa: Diogou, Diani and Simandou Rivers systems (Ref. 2801). Also known from the coastal Guinean basins, from the Tominé River to east of Liberia (Ref. 2940, 81282) and from Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272). Also present in the Via River, Liberia (Ref. 43268).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2940)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale): 1; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 12; Raggi anali molli: 8. Diagnosis: last simple dorsal ray ossified and as long as or shorter than head in specimens over 150 mm SL; lips normally well developed, with or without mental lobe; mental lobe absent in certain populations from Liberia; 8-9 dorsal fin branched rays; scale formula 3.5-5.5/24-31/4.5; 2 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 12 scales around caudal peduncle; 2-4/10-14 gill rakers on first gill arch (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Maximum TL was recorded at 29 cm (Ref. 2801).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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)
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