Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 15. Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468)
West Africa: Casamance, Corubal, Kolenté, Waanje and Taja (Pampana/Jong) (Ref. 2936, 86396).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2936)
Diagnosis: snout shorter than half the head length (Guinea to Liberia); body depth 4.8-6.3x and head length 3.3-4x SL; head 2.6-3.2x longer than wide; snout pointed, 1.3-1.9x longer than eye diameter; eye 3.6-4.6x head length; scale formula 11-13/100-112/7-9; 14-17 anal-fin branched rays; 15-17 dorsal fin branched rays (Ref. 1936, 86396).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Gosse, J.-P. and E.J. Coenen, 1990. Distichodontidae. p. 237-260. 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 and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2936)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00147 - 0.00981), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).