Benin country information

Common names: Aflema, Afléma, Kaflan
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Atlantic coastal waters (Ref. 188, 3019, 26126), sometimes entering lagoons (Ref 3019). Also Ref. 41346, 52841.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bn.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Alose rasoir, Sardineta africana, Илиша западно-африканская, ... more

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> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids)
Etymology: Ilisha: An Indian name.
More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; eau douce; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 35 m (Ref. 86940). Tropical; 17°N - 7°S, 17°W - 14°E (Ref. 54448)

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Africa: Atlantic coasts from northern parts of Senegal south to Baie de Saint-Bras in Angola (Ref. 188, 3509), also in lagoons and river estuaries (Ref. 188, 81270).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 13.0, range 13 - 18 cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27000); common length : 16.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 188); poids max. publié: 144.00 g (Ref. 86940)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 14-17; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 45 - 50; Vertèbres: 42 - 43. Diagnosis: Body moderately deep, compressed, belly with a sharp and serrated keel of scutes from gill opening to anus, 25-27 pre-pelvic and 6-8 post-pelvic sharp scutes (Ref. 187, 188, 81270). Eye large, mouth pointing upwards, lower jaw projecting (Ref. 187, 188). Dorsal fin at or before midpoint of body; anal fin long, with more than 40 finrays, its origin below dorsal fin base; pelvic fins small (Ref. 187, 188). Swimbladder with two short tubes passing back in the muscles on either side of haemal spines (Ref. 188). Other clupeoid fishes in the area are more slender, have a much shorter anal fin and the lower jaw is not strongly projecting (Ref. 188).

Found in the marine environment, pelagic, along beaches and just off shore, down to about 25 m, also in lagoons and estuaries, penetrating into almost freshwater (Ref. 187, 188, 54448). A marine migrant (Ref. 117399). Rarely found below 35 m depth (Ref. 86940). It feeds on small planktonic animals, e.g. small fish and crustaceans; it doesn't seem to feed on plankton (Ref. 188, 3166, 47405).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.9 - 28, mean 27.5 (based on 160 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00661 (0.00541 - 0.00806), b=3.02 (2.97 - 3.07), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.8-1.3).

Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 3 stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): High.

Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795)