Bryconalestes tholloni

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Bryconalestes tholloni (Pellegrin, 1901)

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> Characiformes (Characins) > Alestidae (African tetras)
Eponymy: François-Romain Thollon (1855–1896) was a French botanist and collector who resigned (1882) from MNHN Paris to work in the Congo and as a member of the de Brazza mission in Gabon. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Pellegrin.

Issue
Affinities: close to B. bartoni, B. longipennis, B. derhami and B. intermedius; distinguished from the first three species by higher number of scales above lateral line and from B. intermedius by a higher number of branched anal rays and lateral line scales (Ref. 80920). This species is placed in the genus Alestes in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce pelágico. Tropical

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Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, found in Gabon and the Republic of Congo in the upper Ogowe, Nyanga and Kouilou River basins (Ref. 80290).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 80290)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Diagnosis: fronto-parietal fontanel narrow but always present; head length/snout length 3.4-3.6; 34-38 lateral line scales; 6.5 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 11-11.5 predorsal scales; 22-25 anal fin branched rays; 13-14 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; 6 teeth in outer premaxillary row; humeral spot present (Ref. 80290).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007. Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p. (Ref. 80290)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00496 - 0.02540), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.1   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈