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Common names: Natal mountain catfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the Marozi system, a Gairezi tributary of Lower Zambezi system in the Eastern Highlands and in a tributary to the Pungwe River on Mount Inyangani in the Eastern Highlands.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/zi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/alcom/broch.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

南非平鳍鮠, Natalse bergbaber, 南非平鰭鮠, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) > Amphiliinae
Etymology: Amphilius: Greek, amphi = on both sides + Greek, leios = fat.
More on author: Boulenger.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 15°S - 29°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Africa: Escarpment streams from lower Zambezi River in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe to Umkomaas system in KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa (Ref. 52193); also in Ruo River of Zambezi system in Malawi (Ref. 3818, 52193).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 6.2 range ? - 7 cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52193)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9.

Lives among cobbles and rocks in swiftly flowing water (Ref. 52193). Active at night, feeding on benthic stream invertebrates such as mayfly and midge larvae (Ref. 52193). Breeds in summer (Ref. 52193). Iteroparous, with asynchronous ovarian development (Ref. 51405). Preyed upon by trout and is now scarce in certain streams (Ref. 7248, 52193).

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Iteroparous, with asynchronous ovarian development (Ref. 51405).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Skelton, P.H., 2001. A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 March 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00173 - 0.01152), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=600).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Amphilius natalensis Boulenger, 1917