>
Characiformes (Characins) >
Distichodontidae (Distichodus)
Eponymy: Révérend Père Germain Lootens (1910–1976) was a Catholic missionary and naturalist in the Congo (1936–1976). He collected the holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Poll & Daget.
Environment: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water pelagisch. Tropical
Africa: Ruki River and Lake Tumba in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 94188). Report from Pool Malebo (Ref. 94188) questionable, possibly referring to the middle Congo River about 50km upstream of Pool Malebo.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 7094)
Maximum TL was recorded at 5.7 cm (Ref. 7094).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse, 1984. Distichodontidae. p. 184-211. 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. 7094)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Tools
Speciale rapporten
Download XML
Internetbronnen
Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00189 - 0.01058), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
🛈