Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic; dH range: 6 - 8. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)
Africa: widespread in the Congo basin, from the lower Congo (Ref. 41594) to the Lualaba (Ref. 83444, 106245), in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo and Central African Republic.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7094)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse, 1984. Distichodontidae. p. 184-211. 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. 7094)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Aquarium: commercial
More information
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ReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsElectrophoresesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingNutrientsMass conversion
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