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Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Brycinus: Greek, ebrykon, brykomai = to bite, to gnaw (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468)

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Africa: basins of the Volta, Niger (Bénoué), Senegal, Gambia, Tominé (Corubal) and Casamance (Ref. 2880, 81279). Also reported from the Mono (Ref. 28663) and Géba (Ref. 13331) Rivers, and from the Niger delta (Ref. 88941).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 6.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31256); max. published weight: 10.00 g (Ref. 3799)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 20. Diagnosis: parietal fontanel always present, also in adults, open; equal sized jaws; 5.5 scales above lateral line; 26-31 lateral line scales; 13-17 anal fin branched rays; 6/8 premaxillary teeth; 13-17 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; gill rakers short (Ref. 2880, 81279).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Affinities: B. nurse, B. longipinnis and B. luteus.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 April 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00439 - 0.01310), b=2.89 (2.74 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 0.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.20).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 284 [110, 741] mg/100g; Iron = 2.99 [1.45, 7.03] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.8, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.609 [0.218, 1.751] g/100g; Selenium = 47.1 [17.8, 146.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.2 [15.4, 115.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.88 [1.87, 4.31] mg/100g (wet weight);