FB-5239 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Alestidae Brycinus Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903) Kleiner Großaugensalmler African tetras Characin Silversides Särg-kardsalmler Dzogla dzevui Tewe kpiti Elei Alestes brevis Boulenger, 1903 1992-03-23 2024-06-05 Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 373 p. (Ref. 1878) Paugy, D.0 Characidae. p. 195-236. 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 et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880) Lévêque, C. and D. Paugy0 Guide des poissons d'eau douce de la zone du programme de lutte contre l'onchocercose en Afrique de l'Ouest. Convention ORSTOM-OMS. 393 p. (Ref. 3032) Ita, E.O.0 Kainji (Nigeria). p. 43-103. 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Takamanda: the Biodiversity of an African forest. SI/MAB Ser. 8. 182 p. (Ref. 52397) Paugy, D.0 Alestidae. p. 236-282. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81279) eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471) Boulenger, G.A.0 Description of a new West-African fish of the genus <i>Alestes</i>. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) 12:594-595. (Ref. 106641) Toledo-Piza, M., E.G. Baena, F.C.P. Dagosta, N.A. Menezes, M., Benine, R.C. Andrade, V.A. Bertaco, J.L.O. Birindelli, G. Boden, P.A. Buckup, P. Camelier, F.R. Carvalho, R.M.C Castro, J. Chuctaya, E. Decru and …0 Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 22(1):1-548. (Ref. 130776) Stiassny, M.L.J., C. Keane, J.J.M.M. Mbimbi and B.F. Melo0 Phylogenomics and morphology of the African fish genus <i>Brycinus</i> with revalidation of <i>Brachyalestes</i> and description of a new species from the Congo basin (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyol. Herpetol. 111(4):597-611. (Ref. 131251) FB-GeneralDescr-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2024-06-05 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Affinities: B. macrocephalus Paugy, D. 1990 Characidae. p. 195-236. 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 et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-08 00:00:00 2013-06-28 16:06:10 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Diagnosis: parietal fontanella absent in adults and porelinke in juveniles, disappearing with growth; snout long, comprised three times in head length; dorsal-fin origin distincly behind pelvic-fin insertions; head broad; adults large-sized; no sexual dimorphism affecting anal-fin shape in adult males; body depth less than three times in the standard length in adults; 8-12 teeth in outer premaxillary row; 4.5 scales above lateral line; 21-23 lateral line scales; 13-15 anal fin branched rays; 18-20 gill rakers on lower part of first branchial arch (Ref. 2880, 81279).Description: supraorbital bone thick; even in largest specimen, snout projecting only slightly beyond lower jaw; dorsal-fin origin at about midpoint of space between pelvic-fin insertions and anal-fin origin; anal fin with 3 branched and 13-15 unbranched rays (Ref. 2880, 81279). Coloration: uniformly brown back, silvery sides and white belly (Ref. 2880, 81279). Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81279) FB-Morphology-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-08 00:00:00 2013-06-28 16:06:10 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 16 - 18 Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81279) FB-Distribution-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2016-02-15 18:44:45 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: Southern Ghana and southern Nigeria (Lagos and Bénoué basin) (Ref. 2880, 81279). Also recorded in Sanaga River basin, Cameroon (Ref. 52331). Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81279) FB-Uses-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2024-06-05 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: minor commercial FB-Size-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2024-06-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases 25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 31256)); max. published weight: 300 g (Ref. 3799) Olaosebikan, B.D. and A. Raji 1998 Field guide to Nigerian freshwater fishes. Federal College of Freshwater Fisheries Technology, New Bussa, Nigeria. 106 p. (Ref. 31256) Ita, E.O. 1984 Kainji (Nigeria). p. 43-103. In J.M. Kapetsky and T. Petr (eds.) Status of African reservoir fisheries. CIFA Tech. Pap. 10:326 p. (Ref. 3799) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5239 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2024-06-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5239 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; freshwater; pH range: 6.8 - 7.8