Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as); pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: 6 - 20; potamódromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468)
Africa: known from the Senegal to the Niger River in western Africa (Ref. 2880, 81279). Also found in Cross (Ref. 80290, 81279) and Wouri Rivers in Cameroon (Ref. 2880, 80290).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2880)
Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 16 - 20. Diagnosis: lateral line complete (Ref. 80290, 81279) or incomplete (Ref. 2880, 81279). 9-30 pored scales on lateral line (Ref. 81279). 4.5 scales above lateral line; 13-17 anal fin branched rays (Ref. 80290, 81279). 24-30 (Ref. 81279) or 24-27 (Ref. 80290) scales in longitudinal series. 13-17 (Ref. 2880, 81279) or 14-17 (Ref. 80290) gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch.
Group of melanophores above base of anal fin more pronounced than that observed for Micralestes species (Ref. 2880).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00528 - 0.02495), b=3.00 (2.82 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).