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Eponymy: Jean Abel Gruvel (1870–1941) was a French marine biologist and ichthyologist, who was the first Director of the Institute of Oceanography, Aquarium and Maritime Museum of Natural History at Dinard, France (1935). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Pellegrin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Dubréka River near Conakry in Guinea (Ref. 2940, 81282). Also known from Fatala River (Ref. 13331) and Sierra Leone (Ref. 2801).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)
Diagnosis: last simple dorsal ray ossified at base and a little shorter than head; lips poorly developed, without mental lobe; 9 dorsal fin branched rays; scale formula 3.5/25/4.5; 12 scales around caudal peduncle; 1-3/10-11 gill rakers on first gill arch (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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