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Amphilius chalei in Tanzania, United Rep. of

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Amphilius chalei   Seegers, 2008
Family:	Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) , subfamily: Amphiliinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	7.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 78218)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec < 10,000)
Distribution:	Africa: Lake Malawi in Tanzania (Ref. 78218).
Diagnosis:	Moderately slender; dorsal fin situated a long way in front of the ventral fins; adipose fin low and long, longer than in Amphilius jacksonii; caudal peduncle longer than deep (deeper that long in Amphilius uranoscopus; caudal fin deeply indented than is the case in Amphilius uranoscopus; and the caudal-fin lobes rounded posteriorly (Ref. 78218). Description: D i/6+1; A iii/7+1; P i/5; V i/11 ((Ref. 78218).
Biology:	Inhabits very clear water and remains at least in part active during the day (Ref. 78218). Can be kept easily in the aquarium and if possible, the temperature should not exceed 24° C (Ref. 78218)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Seegers, L.. 2008. (Ref. 78218)
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Tanzania, United Rep. of country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found in the affluents of the Ruhuhu drainage in the southern highlands of Tanzania, in the Lake Malawi drainage. Recorded also from Lake Malawi and from the Little Ruaha in the upper Ruaha-Rufiji system, east of the watershed with the Malawi drainage (Ref. 78218).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tz.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Seegers, L., 2008
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