Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 17°S - 19°S
Africa: tributaries of the Pungwe and Buzi in Mozambique (52193, 80059).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 52193)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10 - 11; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: body slender, cylindrical (Ref. 52193), body depth 14.1-15.0% SL (Ref. 89116). Head smooth, rounded in front, flat below; mouth ventral, tadpole-like (Ref. 52193). Head length 18.4-22.8% SL; predorsal length 52.5-56.8% SL; prepelvic length 55.0-57.0% SL; preanal length 77.2-82.7% SL; caudal peduncle length 15.0-19.5% SL; snout length 42.7-50.0% HL; postorbital distance 42.7-50.0% HL (Ref. 89116). Eye superolateral, its diameter 18.2-20.0% HL (Ref. 89116), 5-6 times in HL, 2.2-2.27 times in interorbital distance, 1.7-2.2 times in snout length (Ref. 89112). Interorbital width 42.7-45.4% HL (Ref. 89116). Dorsal fin origin before first ray of pelvic fin (Ref. 89112), nearer base of caudal fin than snout (Ref. 52193). Origin of anal fin nearer base of caudal than pelvics; fins short (Ref. 52193).
Coloration: Alcohol preserved: basic ground color pale yellow-brown; lateral series of large, dark blotches along the flanks with numerous smaller dark markings on dorsal surface; caudal fin with diagonal series of small dark markings (Ref. 89116).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Poll, M., 1984. Kneriidae. p. 129-133. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3565)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
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).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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