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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Enteromius: Greek, enteron = intestine + Greek, myo, mys = muscle (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; potamodrome (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)
Africa: present in large Sudanese basins (Chad, Niger, Volta, Senegal, Gambia), but also in the Comoé and Bandama Rivers in Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 2940, 81282), and Rokel, Jong and Moa Rivers in Sierra Leone (Ref. 2940). In the Nile basin known from the Sudd (Jebel system) and White Nile (Ref. 28714).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2801)
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 10-11; Rayons mous anaux: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: last simple dorsal-fin ray smooth on hind margin; scale formula 4.5-5.5/21-26/2.5-3.5; 1.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 8-10 scales around caudal peduncle; lateral-line scales as deep as other scales on sides; 7-8 branched dorsal fin rays; no barbels; lateral line incomplete, deeply depressed below dorsal fin; maximum reported size 33 mm SL; dorsal fin marked with black spot at midpoint of its length; black spot at end of caudal peduncle (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Affinities: B. stigmatopygus (without dorsal fin spot) (Ref. 2940).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2940)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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