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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
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico. 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).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (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 | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
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
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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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).