Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
; المياه العذبة القاع. Tropical
Africa: western affluent perennial rivers of Lake Malawi and tributaries of Shire River, lower Zambezi (Ref. 26673, 52193).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 52193)
وصف مختصر
الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع): 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع): 10-11; شوكة شرجية 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 16.
Found in swift-flowing streams in rocky reaches over clean sand (Ref. 52193).; prefers clear, fast flowing waters (Ref. 26673). It feeds on insects and other invertebrates in the drift (Ref. 52193). Breeds in summer (Ref. 52193).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Skelton, P.H., 1996. A review of Opsaridium zambezense (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from southern Africa with description of a new species from Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(1):59-84. (Ref. 26673)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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