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Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) > Leptoglaninae
Etymology: Zaireichthys: Composed form Zaire river + Greek,ichtys = fish; the habitat of this fish (Ref. 45335); dorae: Dedicated to Mrs Dora Machado, co-collector of the species (Ref. 11970).
Eponymy: Dora Machado, who collected the holotype, was the wife of zoologist António de Barros Machado (1912–2002). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
; sötvatten bottenlevande. Tropical; 13°S - 21°S
Africa: Luachimo River (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Angola (Ref. 11970, 51287, 78218, 86935).
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 51287)
Ryggkotor: 37. Diagnosis: Zaireichthys dorae differs from all the other species of Zaireichthys in the relatively posterior position of the dorsal fin, which is 1.4 times further from the base of the caudal fin than from the snout, compared with 1.5-1.9 in Z. lacustris and 1.7-2.4 in all other species (Ref. 86935).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs over fine sand, lying buried with only its eyes protruding (Ref. 7248).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Eccles, D.H., D. Tweddle and P.H. Skelton, 2011. Eight new species in the dwarf catfish genus Zaireichthys (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae). Smithiana Bull. (13):3-28. (Ref. 86935)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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