Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
Africa: endemic to the Nipoué (Cess) River (Ref. 2880, 81279).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106710)
Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16. Diagnosis: parietal fontanella absent in adults and porelike in juveniles, disappearing with growth; snout short, comprised over three times in head length; dorsal-fin origin at same level as, or scarcely behing, pelvic-fin insertions; head narrow; adults medium-sized; sexual dimorphism affecting anal-fin shape; no band or spots on sides; caudal fin broadly black-edged; 4.5 scales above lateral line; 22-27 lateral line scales; 11-13 anal fin branched rays; 8/8 premaxillary teeth; 19-20 gill rakers on lower part of first branchial arch (Ref. 2880, 81279).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Paugy, D., 1990. Characidae. p. 195-236. 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 et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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