Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468)
Africa: basins of the Volta, Niger (Bénoué), Senegal, Gambia, Tominé (Corubal) and Casamance (Ref. 2880, 81279). Also reported from the Mono (Ref. 28663) and Géba (Ref. 13331) Rivers, and from the Niger delta (Ref. 88941).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 6.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 31256); peso máximo publicado: 10.00 g (Ref. 3799)
Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 20. Diagnosis: parietal fontanel always present, also in adults, open; equal sized jaws; 5.5 scales above lateral line; 26-31 lateral line scales; 13-17 anal fin branched rays; 6/8 premaxillary teeth; 13-17 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; gill rakers short (Ref. 2880, 81279).
Affinities: B. nurse, B. longipinnis and B. luteus.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Paugy, D., 1990. Characidae. p. 195-236. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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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=0.00759 (0.00439 - 0.01310), b=2.89 (2.74 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 0.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=1.20).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 284 [110, 741] mg/100g; Iron = 2.99 [1.45, 7.03] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.8, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.609 [0.218, 1.751] g/100g; Selenium = 47.1 [17.8, 146.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.2 [15.4, 115.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.88 [1.87, 4.31] mg/100g (wet weight);