Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
Africa: endemic to the Sanaga River basin in Cameroon (Ref. 81678).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.4 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 81678)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 30 - 33; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 84 - 98; Rayons mous anaux: 78 - 89; Vertèbres: 91 - 94. Diagnosis: 29+1 - 32+1 (median 31+1) dorsal spines; postorbital length 60.9-65.0% HL (mean 62.8%); pectoral fin 23.1-27.2% HL (mean 25.2%); distance from anterior border of snout to last externally visible dorsal spine relatively long, 55.6-59.9% SL (mean 58.2%), decreasing with size; origin of soft dorsal fin at about same level as origin of soft anal fin; lower jaw relatively short, its length 14.4-23.1% HL (mean 18.3%), increasing with size; anterior origin of first dorsal spine situated before or just above posterior edge of pectoral fin, (- 12.2)-0.0% HL [mean (- 5.7%)]; distance from gill opening to dorsal pectoral fin base 4.3-9.6% HL (mean 6.9%) (Ref. 81678).
Inhabits slow streams with sandy bottoms (Ref. 6060). Maximum reported total length 392 mm (Ref. 81678).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Travers, R.A., G. Eynikel and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1986. Mastacembelidae. p. 415-427. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6060)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00257 (0.00122 - 0.00544), b=2.97 (2.79 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).