| Family: |
Kneriidae (Shellears) |
| Max. size: |
6.8 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: Rio Cubal (Bero River tributary) and streams in the Serra da Chela mountains (part of the Bero and possibly also Coroca River drainages) in Angola (Ref. 11970). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): -0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: -0; Anal soft rays: 10-11. Diagnosis: body relatively compact, with short and wide head (body height 4.5-5.85 times and head length 4.25-5.7 times in SL); snout length 2.95-3.75 times in HL; eye small, its diameter 3.85-5.0 times in HL, 1.15-1.45 times in snout length; interorbital distance 2.75-3.15 times in HL; male opercular organ with small, concentric protuberances; dorsal fin origin slightly closer to caudal fin origin than to tip of snout and slightly behind pelvic fin origin; anal fin base 1-1.4 times further from pelvic fins than from caudal fin origin; pectoral fin 1-1.2 times and pelvic fin 1-1.15 times in HL; caudal peduncle short, less than 2 times longer than deep (Ref. 11970).
Description: mouth inferior; caudal fin forked (Ref. 11970).
Coloration: yellowish to whitish ventrally; a vague, darker longitudial line on flanks, more visible on posterior part of flanks (Ref. 11970). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 01 March 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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