Common name of Distichodus rostratus
 
Common name Accaare
Language Soninké
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Senegal
Locality
Ref. Adams-Sow, A. (ed.), 1996
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
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Remarks The 'accaare' is considered one of the sorcerer fishes because of its ability to sense the changes in the water level, leaving the flood pool to migrate to the river once the water level stops increasing (Mamadou Mamou Bathily). Nobody has ever caught a large 'accaare' in flood pools'. Of all the fishes in the river, it is the 'accaare' and the 'ditiine' which know the ways of the water most (Demba Traoré).
 
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