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Congo (Kinshasa) country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
freshwater
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never/rarely
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no regulations
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no uses
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Type locality of the holotype of Phenacogrammus flexus: 'Democratic Republic of Congo, Mai-Ndombe Province, Ndzaa River (02°58'25.0"8 S 018°7'55.26"E)' (Ref. 127185). Known from Ndzaa River, tributary of Mfimi River, Congo River basin (Ref. 127185).
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Main Ref:
Stiassny, M.L.J., E. Alter, R.J.C. Monsembula Iyaba and T.L.D. Liyandja, 2021
National Database:
分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Characiformes (Characins) > Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Phenacogrammus:Greek, phenax, -akos = deceptive + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335); flexus:Flexus, from the Latin, meaning winding, zigzag, or sharp turn; named in reference to the prominent pattern of black pigmentation along the flanks and caudal peduncle (Ref. 127185).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
生态学
背棘 (总数): 0; 背的软条 (总数): 9-10; 臀棘 0; 臀鳍软条: 20 - 21; 脊椎骨: 31 - 32. Diagnosis: Distinguished from all congeners except Phenacogrammus deheyni and P. concolor by the presence of a prominent anterior expansion of the first pleural rib; it is further distinguished from all congeners in the possession of 6 supraneural bones vs. 7, and a characteristic zigzag pattern of black pigmentation along and below the midline extending from the posterior border of the opercle to the base of the caudal peduncle (Ref. 127185).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 产卵场 | 卵 | 孕卵数 | 仔鱼
Stiassny, M.L.J., E. Alter, R.J.C. Monsembula Iyaba and T.L.D. Liyandja, 2021. Two new Phenacogrammus (Characoidei; Alestidae) from the Ndzaa River (Mfimi-Lukenie basin) of central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Am. Mus. Novit. 3980:1-22. (Ref. 127185)