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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Etymology: Hypsopanchax: Greek, hypsi = high + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932 .
More on authors: Poll & Lambert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch; standorttreu. Tropical; 10°S - 13°S
Africa: upper Zambezi river drainage in northwestern Zambia and tributaries of the upper Kasai drainage (middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo; possibly also in the adjacent part of eastern Angola (Ref. 59344).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 27139)
Found in small rivers and brooks in the gallery forest (Ref. 59344), possibly over rocky substrate (Ref. 7248). 5.5 cm max TL (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00437 (0.00163 - 0.01168), b=3.13 (2.89 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).