Teleostei > Gonorynchiformes (Milkfishes) > Kneriidae (Shellears)
Etymology: vilhenae:Dedicated to M. De Vilhena, Administrator-Director of the Compagnie diamantaire angolaise (Diamang) in appreciation of his support for the faunistic study of Angola (Ref. 11970, 89136). More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学
Africa: rivers Lulua and Luachimo (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (Ref. 11970, 89136). 非洲: 剛果河流域 (Kasai 系統).
大小 / 重量 / 年龄
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.7 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 3565)
背棘 (总数): 0; 背的软条 (总数): 11; 臀棘 0; 臀鳍软条: 9; 脊椎骨: 38 - 39. Diagnosis: body depth 6.4-8.5 times in SL; head length 4.15-4.4 times in SL; snout rounded, 2.4-2.7 times in HL; eye superolateral, 5-5.75 times in HL, 1.5-1.85 times in interorbital space, 2-2.35 times in snout length; dorsal fin origin 1.15-1.3 times further from snout tip than from caudal fin origin, slightly in front of pelvic fin origin; anal fin origin 2-2.6 times further from pelvic fin origin than from caudal fin origin; pectoral fins large, 4-4.5 times in SL and 0.95-1.1 times longer than head; pelvic fins 5-5.9 times in SL, 1.15-1.4 times in HL; caudal peduncle 1.4-1.7 times longer than deep (Ref. 11970, 89136).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 产卵场 | 卵 | 孕卵数 | 仔鱼
Poll, M., 1984. Kneriidae. p. 129-133. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3565)
