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Bostrychus africanus in Gambia

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Bostrychus africanus   (Steindachner, 1879)
Family:	Eleotridae (Sleepers) , subfamily: Butinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	21.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6802)
Environment:	demersal; amphidromous
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to southern Angola and the islands of Guinea.
Biology:	Found in littoral waters (Ref. 6802). Food items include small crabs (Ref. 10812)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Miller, P.J. and P. Wongrat. 1990. (Ref. 10812)
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Gambia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Albaret, J.-J., M. Simier, F.S. Darboe, J-M. Ecoutin, J. Raffray and L.T. de Morais, 2004
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Occurs in the Gambia River (Ref. 28587).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ga.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Diouf, P.S., 1996
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	Checked:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Modified:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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