Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch; potamodrom (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 11°S - 22°S
Africa: Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7248); max. veröff. Gewicht: 2.5 kg (Ref. 7248)
Found over rocks in mainstream and in large soft-bottomed floodplain lagoons. Grazes algae and aufwuchs as well as detritus. A shoaling species, breeding in summer, possibly in flooded marginal habitats, as the young fish are caught in large numbers in fish-weirs set across floodwaters receding from floodplains (Ref. 7248).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Reid, G.M., 1985. A revision of African species of Labeo (Pisces: Cyprinidae) and a re-definition of the genus. Verlag von J. Cramer, Braunschweig. 322 p. (Ref. 1440)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kleinfischerei
Tools
Zusatzinformationen
Download XML
Internet Quellen
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00469 - 0.01616), b=3.09 (2.93 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.6).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).