Leptocypris taiaensis : fisheries

You can sponsor this page

Leptocypris taiaensis Howes & Teugels, 1989

Upload your photos and videos
Google image
Image of Leptocypris taiaensis
No image available for this species;
drawing shows typical species in Danionidae.

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Danionidae (Danios) > Chedrinae
Etymology: Leptocypris: Greek, leptos = thin + Kypris, other name for Aphrodite, proceeding from Cyprus (Kypris), Greek, kyprinos = carp (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; Γλυκού νερού βενθοπελαγικό. Tropical

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

Africa: Taia River in Sierre Leone and Little Scarcies River and Waanje River (Ref. 2940, 81282). Also reported from Rokel and Jong (Pampana) rivers in Sierra Leone (Ref. 13331).

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 2940)

Short description Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά): 11; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 17. Diagnosis: distance from snout to dorsal-fin base 43-55% of SL; body depth 6.7-7.0x and head length 4.6-4.7x SL; eye diameter 3.1-3.3x head length; scale formula 8.5-9.5/45-46/4.5; 14 scales around caudal peduncle; 8 dorsal-fin branched rays; 14 anal-fin branched rays; 9 dark vertical bars on sides (Ref. 2940, 81282).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Affinities: Engraulicypris Boulenger, 1911 (East African relative). Raiamas. most elongated body of Leptocypris group.

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Lévêque, C., 2003. Cyprinidae. p. 322-436. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81282)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (B2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 11 May 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses


Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1040): Too many connections in /var/www/html/includes/func_getlabel.php on line 46
Can't connect to MySQL database (fbapp). Errorcode: Too many connections