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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alestes&speciesname=dentex ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alestes&speciesname=dentex http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alestes&speciesname=dentex ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alestes&speciesname=dentex https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alestes&speciesname=dentex ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Alestes-dentex.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Alestes Species in    Alestidae - Classification - Alestidae Characiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Alestes dentex ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) Characin Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Alestes dentex Picture by Nightingale, A. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Alestidae (African tetras) Etymology: Alestes: Greek, alestes, -oy = miller (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Linnaeus . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 4 - 18; potamodromous (Ref. 51243 ). Tropical; 24°C - 27°C (Ref. 13371 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: Chad, Niger, Volta, Gambia, Senegal (Ref. 2880 , 81279 ). Outside West Africa this species is found in Nile basin, including Lower Nile, White Nile, Blue Nile and Murchison Nile (Ref. 5331 ) and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko [=Lake Albert] and Omo-Lake Turkana system (Ref. 2880 ). Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ? , range 22 - ? cm Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2880 ); max. published weight: 600.00 g (Ref. 3799 ); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 2758 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 21 - 26; Vertebrae : 45 - 48. Diagnosis: multicuspid teeth set in two rows and not overlapping the jaws when the mouth is closed; teeth stout, not compressed; eyes without or with weakly developed adipose lids; anal fin with 22-26 rays (Ref. 28714 ). At most 27 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (18-27); 3 unbranched and 18-23 branched anal-fin rays; dorsal-fin origin distinctly behind level of pelvic-fin insertions (Ref. 2880 , 81279 ). Scales small (Ref. 28714 ), 43-51 in lateral line (Ref. 2880 , 81279 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Omnivorous, stomachs examined contained seeds, zooplankton, insects or fish fry (Ref. 28714 ). Two subspecies: Alestes dentex dentex in the Nile and Alestes dentex sethente (Valenciennes, 1849) in Sudanian basins of West Africa. Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Up to 300 eggs are scattered on the bottom. Larvae hatch after about 6 days. Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Paugy, D. , 1990. Characidae. p. 195-236. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 17 June 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00528 - 0.02495), b=3.00 (2.82 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.9   ±0.37 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=7; tm=2; K=0.43-.075). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 96.6 [36.9, 226.5] mg/100g; Iron = 1.87 [0.93, 4.50] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.1, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.469 [0.182, 1.290] g/100g; Selenium = 56.3 [23.4, 146.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25.4 [9.0, 69.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.74 [1.21, 2.54] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-05-23 05:44:00 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation