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Characiformes (Characins) >
Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Brycinus: Greek, ebrykon, brykomai = to bite, to gnaw (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
; স্বাদু পানি ভাসমান. Tropical
Africa: only known from the Niandan River, an affluent of the upper Niger in Guinea (Ref. 81279).
আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm SL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 2880)
পায়ূ কাঁটা : 0; পায়ূর নরম পাখনা্তুন্ড: 15 - 16. Diagnosis: parietal fontanella absent in adults; snout short, comprised over three times in head length; dorsal-fin origin at same level as, or scarcely behind, pelvic-fin insertions; head narrow; adults medium-sized; black lateral band expanding over entire body length; sexual dimorphism affecting anal-fin shape, females with straight anal fin and males with curved anal fin; 8 premaxillary teeth; 4.5 scales above lateral line; 24-26 lateral line scales; 12-13 anal fin branched rays; 20-21 gill rakers in lower part of first branchial arch (Ref. 2880, 81279).
Affinities: B. imberi, with red fins no black longitudinal stripe; B. nigricauda, with colored caudal fin margin.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট
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
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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).