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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Characiformes
(Characins) >
Distichodontidae
(Distichodus)
Etymology:
Distichodus:
Greek, di = two + Greek, stix, stichos = line, row (Ref.
45335
)
.
More on author:
Peters
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical; 11°S - 20°S
Africa: middle and lower Zambezi drainages, Pungwe and Buzi rivers in Mozambique (Ref.
52193
,
122090
).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref.
52193
); max. published weight: 6.4 kg (Ref.
52193
)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Anal
spines
: 0. Diagnosis: snout short; mouth inferior; head about 5 times in fork length; juveniles with 12-16 dark vertical bars (Ref.
52193
).
Favors large rivers, shoaling over both rock and sand; omnivorous, preferring algae and plant matter to snails, shrimps, and small fish; breeds in summer during the rainy period, moving upstream to suitable spawning sites (Ref.
7248
,
52193
).
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Daget, J. and J.-P. Gosse
, 1984. Distichodontidae. p. 184-211. 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.
7094
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
01 May 2009
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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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=0.01514 (0.00696 - 0.03289), b=3.04 (2.86 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Unknown
.
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