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(Ref. 128868) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153) FB-GeneralDescr-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-30 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Blind fish which lives in caves (Ref. 86866), about (700)750-850 m above sea-level (Ref. 2801, 86866). Feeds on small crustaceans living in the caves and also on animals washed into the caves (Ref. 557), although this needs confirmation (Ref. 86866). Estimated longevity 9-14 years, but may exceed 15 years (Ref. 86866). Not closely related to any extant epigean species of the Congo region. Classified as `textbook and popular press fish' in Ref. 4537. Vreven, E., A. Kimbembi ma Ibaka and S. Wamuini Lunkayilakio 2011 The Congo blind barb: Mbanza-Ngungu’s albino cave fish. p.74-75. In W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D.J. Allen, R.A. Holland, I.J. Harrison and E.G.E. Brooks (eds.). The diversity of life in African freshwaters: under water, under threat. An analysis of the status and distribution of freshwater species throughout mainland Africa. IUCN, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Gland, Switzerland, 348p. (Ref. 86866) FB-DiagnosticDescr-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2011-05-10 00:00:00 2011-05-10 20:45:44 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Description: eyes not visible though present, deeply embedded in head, without lens and only a rudimentary retina and optical nerve; pigmentation absent and considered a true albino; lateral vein creates a vivid red band along lateral line; gills visible below operculum as a purplish region; intestinal region visible through abdomen (Ref. 86866). Populations from affluents of the Kokosi River (Kwilu system) with opercular guanine spot which may cover 1/3 of operculum, in addition to a few other guanine spots and marks; this spot is absent in all other populations (affluents of Fuma River); within one cave the population has a serrated dorsal spine, which was not found in all other populations examined by Heuts (1951) (Ref. 86866). Vreven, E., A. Kimbembi ma Ibaka and S. Wamuini Lunkayilakio 2011 The Congo blind barb: Mbanza-Ngungu’s albino cave fish. p.74-75. In W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D.J. Allen, R.A. Holland, I.J. Harrison and E.G.E. Brooks (eds.). The diversity of life in African freshwaters: under water, under threat. An analysis of the status and distribution of freshwater species throughout mainland Africa. IUCN, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Gland, Switzerland, 348p. (Ref. 86866) FB-Distribution-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-30 00:00:00 2024-07-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Africa: known only from some caves near Mbanza-Ngungu (lower Congo River basin), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 86866). IUCN 1990 1990 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 288 p. (Ref. 3881) FB-Uses-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-30 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-LifeCycle-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1992-07-30 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=6100&StockCode=6414 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Expels eggs in a more or less haphazard fashion, the substrate on which the species spawns must have crevices and pores into which the adhesive eggs can roll and be hidden so to prevent predation by its parents or other cave inhabitants. Balon, E.K. 1975 Reproductive guilds of fishes: a proposal and definition. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 32(6):821-864. (Ref. 26281) FB-TrophicStrategy-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1998-09-29 00:00:00 2011-05-10 20:29:33 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public geertsii http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Blind fish which lives in caves (Ref. 86866), about (700)750-850 m above sea-level (Ref. 2801, 86866). Feeds on small crustaceans living in the caves and also on animals washed into the caves (Ref. 557), although this needs confirmation (Ref. 86866). Proudlove, G.S. 1997 A synopsis of the hypogean fishes of the world. p. 351-354. In Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. vol. 3. (Ref. 27297) FB-Size-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-30 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 86866)) Vreven, E., A. Kimbembi ma Ibaka and S. Wamuini Lunkayilakio 2011 The Congo blind barb: Mbanza-Ngungu’s albino cave fish. p.74-75. In W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D.J. Allen, R.A. Holland, I.J. Harrison and E.G.E. Brooks (eds.). The diversity of life in African freshwaters: under water, under threat. An analysis of the status and distribution of freshwater species throughout mainland Africa. IUCN, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Gland, Switzerland, 348p. (Ref. 86866) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-6100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-30 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size benthopelagic; freshwater