Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical
Africa: Upper Niger, Volta, Mono and Ouémé basins.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 57961)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 27; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 27 - 34. Body depth 3.0-3.5 x SL, caudal peduncle height 16.1-18.1 x SL, anal fin base 3.4-3.8 x SL. Eye diameter 3.0-3.5 x head length. Generally silvery color, sometimes with 1st dorsal fin rays grayish. Dorsal spot separated from dorsal fin base. Base of caudal peduncle marked with gray bar.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Affinities: P. bovei.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Bigorne, R., 1990. Mormyridae. p. 122-184. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Faune Trop. 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and ORSTOM, Paris. (Ref. 2915)
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=0.01349 (0.00717 - 0.02537), b=2.84 (2.68 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.2 ±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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