Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique. Tropical
Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, only known from the Kouilou River basin in the Republic of Congo (Ref. 81638).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7094)
Description synthétique
Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 15-16; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 12 - 13. Diagnosis: 38-40 lateral line scales; 9-10 branched anal fin rays; mid-lateral pigmentation on body absent or at most irregular and not forming distinct band; dorsal portions of body without distinct vertically oriented dark marks that form saddle-shaped pigmentation pattern (Ref. 81638).
Maximum SL recorded is 37 mm (Ref. 81638).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Vari, R.P., 2007. Distichodontidae. p. 412-465. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81638)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menacé (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 16 February 2009
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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