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Characiformes (Characins) >
Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Brachypetersius: Greek, brachys = short + Peters, 1877, naturalist, expeditionary in Asia.
Eponymy: Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader (1885–1959) was an American philanthropist who was Director of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (1937–1951). The mineral Cadwaladerite is named after him. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico. Tropical
Africa: upper Lulua (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin), upper Lomami (middle Congo River basin) and right bank tributaries of the Lualaba River (upper Congo River basin), including the Elila and Luama (Ref. 42032), in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also reported from Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 42032) but this is unconfirmed in other sources (e.g. Ref. 598, 6770).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 42034)
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 5331)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00242 - 0.01433), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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