Teleostei > Gonorynchiformes (Milkfishes) > Kneriidae (Shellears)
Etymology: ladigesi:Dedicated to W. Ladiges, director of the Zoologisches Staats Instituut und Zoologisches Museum of Hamburg (Germany) (Ref. 11970). More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
背棘 (總數) : 0; 背的軟條 (總數) : 11; 臀棘: 0; 臀鰭軟條: 9. Diagnosis: head length 4.5-4.9 times in SL; body depth 8.2-9 times in SL; snout rounded, 2.3-2.7 times in HL; eye superolateral, 5.3-6.5 times in HL, 1.7-2.1 times in interorbital width, 2.1-2.8 times in snout length; dorsal fin origin 1.05-1.2 times further from snout tip than from caudal fin origin, slightly in front of pelvic fin origin; anal fin base 1.8-2.4 times further from pelvic fin origin than from caudal fin origin; pectoral fins large, 4.5-4.9 times in SL, 0.95-1.05 times in HL; pelvic fin 6.1-6.7 times in SL, 1.35-1.45 times in HL; caudal peduncle 1.6-1.9 times longer than deep (Ref. 11970).
Poll, M., 1984. Kneriidae. p. 129-133. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3565)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
