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Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) > Leptoglaninae
Etymology: Zaireichthys: Composed form Zaire river + Greek,ichtys = fish; the habitat of this fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: J Th Mandeville was the fisheries agent for the government of Leopoldville, Congo (Kinshasa, DRC). He collected some of the type and paratype specimens. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water demersaal. Tropical; 4°S - 5°S
Africa: Congo River basin, including Pool Malebo (Ref. 51287, 86935), middle Congo River main course (Ref. 106245), Lindi-Tshopo River (Ref. 106290) and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 51287, 106245), in Democratic Republic of the Congo; also Ubangui River drainage, middle Congo River basin, in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic (Ref. 51287).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.6 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 51287)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Diagnosis: Zaireichthys mandevillei differs from all other members of the genus Zaireichthys, except Z. zonatus, in the small eye, which is 12 times in the head length, compared with the range of 4.1-7.4 in the other species; it differs from Z. zonatus in the shape of the caudal fin, which is forked in Z. mandevillei and rounded in Z. zonatus (Ref. 86935).
It is confined to sandy reaches of the mainstream of the Congo River and its largest tributaries (Ref. 51287).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Roberts, T.R., 2003. Systematics and osteology of Leptoglaninae a new subfamily of the African catfish family Amphiliidae, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 54(5):81-132. (Ref. 51287)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (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).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
