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Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Alestopetersius: Greek, a = without + Greek, lestes = thief + Peters, 1877, naturalist, expeditionary in Asia.
Eponymy: Lake Leopold (now Lake Mai-Ndombe), Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the holotype locality. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical
Africa: Lake Mai Ndombe (Ref. 42032), middle Congo River, lower Lomami and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245) in the middle Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Not in Lake Victoria (error in CLOFFA).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1877)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. 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. 5331)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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