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Etymology: Opsaridium: Greek, opsarion, -ou = a little portion fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Louis Albert Péringuey (1855–1924) was a French entomologist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Gilchrist & Thompson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Subtropical; 15°C - 25°C (Ref. 26673)

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Africa: Save, Limpopo, Incomati, Umbeluzi and Phongola River systems (Ref. 26673). Generally confined to zones below 1200 m altitude along the lower escarpment and Lowveld of the Northern Province and Mpululanga, Swaziland and Kwazulu/Natal (Ref. 26673). A relict population in Lephalala River, Limpopo system, in the Waterberg, Northern Province (Ref. 26673).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 52193); Età massima riportata: 6 anni (Ref. 26673)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 11; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 14 - 16.

Inhabits clear, flowing water in rapids or instream pools of rivers (Ref. 26673); frequenting pools below rapids or water flows over sand or gravel (Ref. 52193). It feeds primarily on benthic macroinvertebrates, mainly chironomid and simuliid larvae, and adult insects taken from the surface (Ref. 26673)..Gonadosomatic index indicates that the species is a partial spawner which breeds over an extended period during the spring and summer months (Ref. 26673), spawning several times during the season (Ref. 52193)..

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Skelton, P.H., 1996. A review of Opsaridium zambezense (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from southern Africa with description of a new species from Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(1):59-84. (Ref. 26673)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 December 2016

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tmax=6).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Opsaridium peringueyi (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913)