Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
; المياه العذبة قاعية التغذية و المعيشة. Tropical; 13°N - 11°N
Africa: endemic to Lake Tana and its tributaries, Ethiopia (Ref. 35835, 96382, 128753).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.7 cm FL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 35835)
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع): 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع): 12; شوكة شرجية 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 8. Head width more than 1.8 times in head length; head length less than 1.3 times in body depth; body depth more than 3.6 times in standard length; eye diameter less than 1.6 times in interorbital width; light yellowish green.
Occurs over muddy, sandy and rocky substrates all over the lake, preferably in water of less than 6 m depth. Juveniles feed on zooplankton and insects; adults take in addition small mollusks and macrophytes (Ref. 35835).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Nagelkerke, L.A.J. and F.A. Sibbing, 1997. A revision of the large barbs (Barbus spp., Cyprinidae, Teleostei) of Lake Tana, Ethiopia, with a description of seven new species. p. 105-170. In L.A.J. Nagelkerke (ed.) The barbs of Lake Tana, Ethiopia: morphological diversity and its implications for taxonomy, trophic resource partititioning and fisheries. Wageningen University, The Netherlands. (Ref. 35835)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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