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Hemigrammocharax machadoi in Botswana
Dwarf citharine

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Hemigrammocharax machadoi   Poll, 1967
Family:	Distichodontidae ()			picture (Hemac_u0.gif) by Mertens, P.
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Dwarf citharine
Max. size:	4.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7248)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical; 11°S - 21°S
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi and Kafue systems, recently taken from the middle Zambezi above Kariba.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-9
Biology:	Inhabits clear, quiet, well-vegetated habitats; common on floodplains and in the Okavango Delta. Feeds by picking periphyton and tiny invertebrates from the stems and leaves of water plants. Breeds in summer (Ref. 7248)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse. 1984. (Ref. 7094)
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Botswana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse, 1984
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Okavango Delta in the Boteti River, Thamalakane River, Nxaraga Lagoon, Xakanixa Lagoon, Magwexana Lagoon, mainstream channel and Dungu Lagoon. Also Ref. 7094.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Merron, G.S. and M.N. Bruton, 1995
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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