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> Characiformes (Characins) > Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Phenacogrammus:Greek, phenax, -akos = deceptive + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335); flexus:Flexus, from the Latin, meaning winding, zigzag, or sharp turn; named in reference to the prominent pattern of black pigmentation along the flanks and caudal peduncle (Ref. 127185).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態学
背面の脊椎 (合計): 0; 背鰭 (合計): 9-10; 肛門の骨 0; 臀鰭: 20 - 21; 脊つい: 31 - 32. Diagnosis: Distinguished from all congeners except Phenacogrammus deheyni and P. concolor by the presence of a prominent anterior expansion of the first pleural rib; it is further distinguished from all congeners in the possession of 6 supraneural bones vs. 7, and a characteristic zigzag pattern of black pigmentation along and below the midline extending from the posterior border of the opercle to the base of the caudal peduncle (Ref. 127185).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟 | 繁殖 | 放精 | 卵 | 生産力 | 幼生
Stiassny, M.L.J., E. Alter, R.J.C. Monsembula Iyaba and T.L.D. Liyandja, 2021. Two new Phenacogrammus (Characoidei; Alestidae) from the Ndzaa River (Mfimi-Lukenie basin) of central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Am. Mus. Novit. 3980:1-22. (Ref. 127185)