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Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Chiloglanidinae
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335); kinsuka: Name 'kinsuka' from the type locality of the species, Kinsuka rapids. A noun in apposition.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical
Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 2; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 3 - 5; Rayons mous anaux: 6 - 9; Vertèbres: 31 - 34. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: mandibular teeth 40-67, mean 58 ± 7 in a functional row arranged in a straight line; primary premaxillary teeth 299-551; presence of elongate, finger like fimbriae on the ventral and posterior faces of the paired premaxillae, with some emanating from between the premaxillary teeth; miniscule, skin covered rudimentary eyes (diameter 0%-1.7% SL); depigmented pinkish skin with some bluegray dorsally, but without obvious pattern or markings; deeply forked caudal fin, with pointed lobes; and dorsal spine 12.9%-16.6% (Ref. 138252)
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Vigliotta, T.R., J.P. Friel and M.L.J. Stiassny, 2025. Two new species of suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from rapids of the Congo River. American Museum Novitates (4041), 1-20. (Ref. 138252)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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