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Kneriidae (Shellears)
Etymology: Kneria: From Kner, that studied fishes in the Imperial Museum of Vienna, with Jean Natterer (1817) (Ref. 45335); sjolandersi: The name is dedicated to Mr. David Sjölanders of the 1948-49 Angola Expedition of the Göteborg Museum (Ref. 11970).
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water benthopelagisch. Tropical
Africa: Rio Cubal (Bero River tributary) and streams in the Serra da Chela mountains (part of the Bero and possibly also Coroca River drainages) in Angola (Ref. 11970).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3565)
Dorsale stekels (totaal): 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal): 10-11; Anale stekels 0; Anale zachte stralen: 10 - 11. Diagnosis: body relatively compact, with short and wide head (body height 4.5-5.85 times and head length 4.25-5.7 times in SL); snout length 2.95-3.75 times in HL; eye small, its diameter 3.85-5.0 times in HL, 1.15-1.45 times in snout length; interorbital distance 2.75-3.15 times in HL; male opercular organ with small, concentric protuberances; dorsal fin origin slightly closer to caudal fin origin than to tip of snout and slightly behind pelvic fin origin; anal fin base 1-1.4 times further from pelvic fins than from caudal fin origin; pectoral fin 1-1.2 times and pelvic fin 1-1.15 times in HL; caudal peduncle short, less than 2 times longer than deep (Ref. 11970).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Poll, M., 1984. Kneriidae. p. 129-133. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3565)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
