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Brycinus lateralis in Botswana
Striped robber

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Brycinus lateralis   (Boulenger, 1900)
Family:	Alestidae (African tetras)			picture (Allat_f0.gif) by Mertens, P.
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Striped robber
Max. size:	14.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7248)
Environment:	pelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical; 11°S - 28°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries; bait: occasionally
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1)
Distribution:	Africa: Luapula, Kasaï, Upper Lulua, Lakes Dilolo and Mweru in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Upper to Lower Zambezi, Kafue, Cubango, Okovango, Lake Kariba of the Zambezi basin; north of Tugela to south of Pongola, Natal.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 15-17. A slimmer fish than B. imberi without a spot behind the head, but with a pronounced black lateral band (normally only visible on dead material) which ends in a caudal dash extending right through the caudal fin.
Biology:	Inhabits shallow, sandy or marshy areas (Ref. 13337). Shoals in clear, slow-flowing or quiet, well-vegetated waters. Often found together with the dashtail and the threespot barb and the close similarity of these species suggests mimicry between them. Feeds on small aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Preyed upon by tigerfish and observed to be eaten by a small crocodile during an upriver migration (Ref. 13337). Moves upstream during rains, possibly to breed. Ovarian egg counts from a large ripe female reach up to 12,000 eggs (Ref. 13337). Used as bait for tigerfish and largemouth bream (Ref. 7248)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Skelton, P.H.. 1993. (Ref. 7248)
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Botswana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Okavango Delta in the Boteti River, Thamalakane River, Nxaraga Lagoon, Xakanixa Lagoon, Magwexana Lagoon, perennial swamp rain pools, mainstream channel and Dungu Lagoon.
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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	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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