Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 15°S - 21°S
Africa: Pungwe-Buzi rivers in Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Ref. 7248, 52193); also the Ruo, tributary to the lower Shire (Zambezi) in Malawi (Ref. 7248).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 52193)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 13 - 14; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 8.
Found in rocky rapids of cool, clear mountain streams (Ref. 52193). It scrapes algae and insects from the rocks (Ref. 52193). Breeds in spring-summer, young found in deep pools below rapids (Ref. 7248, 52193). Occasionally caught by anglers and subsistence fishers (Ref. 7248, 52193).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
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)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: pesca di sussistenza; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
Strumenti
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).