Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 3°S - 6°S
Oceania: lower and middle Sepik and Ramu river systems in Papua New Guinea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2847)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale): 1; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 7; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 18 - 21
Occurs primarily on the floodplain and in permanent lakes, occasionally encountered in river channels, but in low numbers. Feeds on small crustaceans, aquatic insect larvae and nymphs, terrestrial insects, plants, detritus, gastropods, leeches and worms (Ref. 2847).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Mouthbrooders. A typical brood mass contains 8 to 30 eggs (Ref. 2847).
Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).