Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: present in the upper reaches of the Senegal and Niger river basins (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2940)
Short description
Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total): 17-19; Radios blandos anales: 8. Diagnosis: dorsal profile straight to slightly arched; inner surface of lips with transverse folds; body depth 3.3-3.9x SL; depth of caudal peduncle 0.9-1.2x its length; 32-42 (50-150mm) and 46-49 (150-250mm) gill rakers; scale formula 7.5/38-40/7.5-8.5; 4.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 16 scales around caudal peduncle; 13-15 dorsal fin branched rays; body silvery in life, but salmon-pink spots on scales of sides; so far known from the upper basins of the rivers Senegal and Niger (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Affinities: superficially resembles L. senegalensis (no transverse labial folds).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2940)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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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=0.00708 (0.00317 - 0.01581), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).