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Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Brachypetersius: Greek, brachys = short + Peters, 1877, naturalist, expeditionary in Asia.
More on author: Pellegrin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch. Tropical
Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, known from the Kouilou River basin in the Republic of Congo (Ref. 80290) and the Ogowe River basin in Gabon (Ref. 5331).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 42035)
Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 18 - 21. Diagnosis: 5.5 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin; 16-18 anal fin branched rays; flanks with dark pigment blotch on ventral two thirds of caudal peduncle; humeral spot absent (Ref. 80290).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Maximum size 70 mm SL (Ref. 80290).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00484 - 0.02371), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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