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Ichthyol. 22(1):1-548. (Ref. 130776) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2025-03-04 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=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Feeds on worms, insects and crustaceans. In aquaria, female lays up to 1000 eggs, after vigorous driving by the male, which hatch in 30 to 34 hours (Ref. 7020). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size 100 cm (Ref. 51150). 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-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-13 00:00:00 2013-06-28 16:45:21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Diagnosis: scales distinctly larger above than below lateral-line; 8 teeth in outer tooth row of upper jaw; parietal fontanel absent (Ref. 2880, 81279). Description: upper jaw prominent; two tooth rows on premaxilla, the outer row with 8, the inner with 12 or 13 teeth; mandible with single row of rather numerous (16-20) outer teeth; none of fins filamentous; anal fin with 3 unbranched and 11 branched rays; sexual dimorphism on anal fin: females - hyaline with black spot on rays beneath adipose fin, males - lemon yellow (sometimes yellow-ochre) with 5 dark or black bands and colored margin (Ref. 2880, 81279). Coloration: live specimens have two lateral bands, the upper bad is red-orange, the lower blue-green; upper part of eye red; dorsal fin with white-edged black spot lined with a clear zone which occupies 2/3 of the anterior portion of the dorsal; preserved specimens have light dorsal region with black dots on scale centres; sides with light longitudinal band and dark lower half of body. Back, snout and median rays of caudal fin (apart from blotches on dorsal and anal fins) dark (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-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-13 00:00:00 2013-06-28 16:45:21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 14 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-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2013-04-26 20:38:39 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: lower Niger and Ogun rivers in Nigeria (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-Uses-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2025-03-04 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=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Mills, D. and G. Vevers 1989 The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 p. (Ref. 7020) FB-TrophicStrategy-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-10 00:00:00 2001-01-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ spilopterus Feeds on worms, insects and crustaceans. 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-Size-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2025-03-04 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=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 9.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2880)) 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-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#Size 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-Diseases-5247-1142 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-09-23 00:00:00 2003-09-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5247&StockCode=5487 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Hidden Viral Infection. Viral diseases Bassleer, G. 2003 The new ilustrated guide to fish diseases in ornamental tropical and pond fish. Bassleer Biofish, Stationstraat 130, 2235 Westmeerbeek, Belgium, 1st Edition, 232 p. (Ref. 48502) FB-Diseases-5247-1152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-10-17 00:00:00 2003-10-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5247&StockCode=5487 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Viral Diseases (general). Viral diseases Bassleer, G. 2003 The new ilustrated guide to fish diseases in ornamental tropical and pond fish. Bassleer Biofish, Stationstraat 130, 2235 Westmeerbeek, Belgium, 1st Edition, 232 p. (Ref. 48502) FB-Habitat-5247 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2025-03-04 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=5247 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution pelagic; freshwater; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19