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Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Brycinus: Greek, ebrykon, brykomai = to bite, to gnaw (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Nichols & LaMonte.
Issue
Affinities: B. bartoni is similar to B. longipennis; the two are distinguished by predorsal scale counts; it is also similar to B. intermedius and B. tholloni but has fewer scales in transverse row between lateral line and dorsal fin origin (Ref. 80290).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
; স্বাদু পানি ভাসমান. Tropical
Africa: found in the Ngounié River, a tributary of the Ogowe River in Gabon (Ref. 80290) and in the Kouilou-Niari basin in the Republic of Congo (Ref. 92841).
আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.2 cm SL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 80290); 7.4 cm SL (female)
Diagnosis: fronto-parietal fontanel narrow, pore-like, but present; head length/snout length 3.5; 34-35 lateral line scales; 5.5 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 13 predorsal scales; 18 anal fin branched rays; 12-14 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; 6 teeth in outer premaxillary row (Ref. 80290).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট
Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007. Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p. (Ref. 80290)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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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=0.01230 (0.00541 - 0.02797), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
স্থিতিস্থাপক (Ref.
120179): উচ্চ, সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১৫ মাস (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).