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Pronothobranchius chirioi Valdesalici, 2013

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the holotype of Pronothobranchius chirioi: 'Burkina Faso: Rivière Loagnolou, small stream on Mekrou River drainage, Niger River basin, on extreme north of the Atakora mountains in Parc Naturel W, 11°55'34"N, 2°11'03"E' (Ref. 95020). Known from Niger River basin (Ref. 95020).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Valdesalici, S., 2013
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Pronothobranchius: Greek, pro = front of + Greek, nothos = bastard, false + Greek, brangchia = gill;  chirioi: The specific name is dedicated to the collector of the holotype Laurent Chirio, France, for his long-term contributions in terms of field investigations (Ref. 95020).

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

; agua dulce pelágico.   Tropical

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Africa: Niger River drainage in Niger and Burkina Faso (Ref. 95020).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 95020); 3.5 cm SL (female)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 14-15; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 15 - 17; Vértebra: 28 - 29. Diagnosis: It is distinguished from all congeners by the following unique combination of characters: males with about 20-30 spots on flank, each having a smaller diameter than the radius of the pupil, spots on proximal portion of anal fin, pectoral fin hyaline, pelvic fin reaching anal fin, dorsal fin tip reaching centre of caudal peduncle, females without spots; dorsal fin with 14-15 rays and 30-31 scales in median lateral series (Ref. 95020).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Valdesalici, S., 2013. Pronothobranchius chirioi n. sp. a new annual killifish species from the Niger River drainage, with redescriptions of P. kiyawensis, P. gambiensis and P. seymouri (Cyprinidontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Killi-Data Series 2013:21-41. (Ref. 95020)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (B2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 09 September 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).