FB-5231 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Alestidae Brycinus Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867) Afrkanischer Weißfischsalmler Valev kardsalmler Simegbogboe Säynealesti Siniraitatetra Kawara Kaya Wandoone Dabé Ajarapo Anndoonde Egbagi Haï Han Alestes leuciscus Günther, 1867 Alestes leuciscus senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870) Alestes nigrilineatus Svensson, 1933 Alestes nurse (non Rüppell, 1832) Alestes nurse albolineatus Holly, 1928 Alestes nurse senegalensis Holly, 1928 Alestes senegalensis Steindachner, 1870 Bryconalestes leuciscus (Günther, 1867) 1992-03-20 2024-07-16 Daget, J.0 Les poissons du Niger supérieur. Mém. I.F.A.N. 36:391 p. (Ref. 2756) Daget, J.0 Mémoire sur la biologie des poissons du Niger moyen. I. Biologie et croissance des espèces du genre <i>Alestes</i>. Bull. Inst. Fondamental Afr. Noire A. Sci. Nat. 14(1):191-225. (Ref. 2758) Paugy, D.0 Characidae. p. 195-236. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. 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Decru and …0 Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 22(1):1-548. (Ref. 130776) Stiassny, M.L.J., C. Keane, J.J.M.M. Mbimbi and B.F. Melo0 Phylogenomics and morphology of the African fish genus <i>Brycinus</i> with revalidation of <i>Brachyalestes</i> and description of a new species from the Congo basin (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyol. Herpetol. 111(4):597-611. (Ref. 131251) Lucas, M.C., E. Baras, T.J. Thom, A. Duncan and O. Slavík0 Migration of freshwater fishes. Blackwell Science Ltd. 440 p. (Ref. 138143) FB-GeneralDescr-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-20 00:00:00 2025-11-19 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Affinities: B. nurse, B. longipinnis and B. luteus. Paugy, D. 1990 Characidae. p. 195-236. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-03 00:00:00 2013-06-28 15:52:48 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: parietal fontanel always present, also in adults, open; equal sized jaws; 5.5 scales above lateral line; 26-31 lateral line scales; 13-17 anal fin branched rays; 6/8 premaxillary teeth; 13-17 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; gill rakers short (Ref. 2880, 81279).Description: sexual dimorphism in males with convex anal fin, females and juveniles with straight or concave anal fin; dorsal-fin origin at about the same level as pelvic-fin insertion; anal fin with 3 unbranched and 13-17 branched rays; six premaxillary teeth aligned in single row (Ref. 2880, 81279). Colouration: humeral spot black; claviform mark on caudal peduncle extending to fork of caudal fin black; back grey-green, sides silvery and ventral portion white; all fins yellow; zone above eye marked with yellow; dark longitudinal band below lateral line, better visible in formalin-preserved specimens (Ref. 2880, 81279). Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. 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. 81279) FB-Morphology-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-03 00:00:00 2013-06-28 15:52:48 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 16 - 20 Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. 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. 81279) FB-Distribution-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-20 00:00:00 2024-07-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Africa: basins of the Volta, Niger (Bénoué), Senegal, Gambia, Tominé (Corubal) and Casamance (Ref. 2880, 81279). Also reported from the Mono (Ref. 28663) and Géba (Ref. 13331) Rivers, and from the Niger delta (Ref. 88941). Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. 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. 81279) FB-Uses-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-20 00:00:00 2025-11-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: of no interest FB-Migration-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-20 00:00:00 2025-11-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Lucas, M.C., E. Baras, T.J. Thom, A. Duncan and O. Slavík 2001 Migration of freshwater fishes. Blackwell Science Ltd. 440 p. (Ref. 138143) FB-TrophicStrategy-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rubyann Robelle Polido 2018-04-16 00:00:00 2018-04-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ leuciscus Omnivorous: prefers insects and macrophytes. N'Da, A.S., K.G. N'Zi, S. Berte, E.P. Koumelan and V. N'Douba 2016 Length-weight relationship, condition factor and feedin habits of <i>Brycinus leuciscus</i> (Gunther, 1867) (Characidae) in Bagoe River, Côte d'Ivoire. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology 7(1). (Ref. 117785) FB-Size-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-20 00:00:00 2025-11-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 13.3 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 126422)); max. published weight: 30.0 g (Ref. 126422) Sadio, O., M. Simier, F. Le Loc'h and L. Tito de Morais 2021 Length-weight relationships of 19 fish species from two tropical artificial reservoirs (Manantali and Selingue)in Mali, West Africa. Cybium 45(1):59-62. (Ref. 126422) Sadio, O., M. Simier, F. Le Loc'h and L. Tito de Morais 2021 Length-weight relationships of 19 fish species from two tropical artificial reservoirs (Manantali and Selingue)in Mali, West Africa. Cybium 45(1):59-62. (Ref. 126422) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5231 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-03-20 00:00:00 2025-11-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5231 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat pelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 138143); freshwater Lucas, M.C., E. Baras, T.J. Thom, A. Duncan and O. Slavík 2001 Migration of freshwater fishes. Blackwell Science Ltd. 440 p. (Ref. 138143)