Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Behaviour / ethology : Coulter, 1962 .
  • Colour pattern : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Kapenta / Tanganikameer-sardyn / Tanjanikameer sardyn (Afrikaans), Chisamba / Kapenta (Bemba: Zambia), Chisamba / Kapenta / Lumbo / Nsembe (Chilungu: Zambia), Sled'ovka stribrita (Czech), Stappers brisling / Tanganyika-sardin (Danish), Kapenta / Lake Tanganyika sardine / Stapper's sprat / Tanganyikan anchoveta (English), Järvetrissa (Estonian), Lumpu / Ndagala (Rundi: Burundi), Isambaza / Yorogo (Rwanda: Rwanda), Agahuza / Indagara / Karumba [Rwanda (Kinyarwanda): Rwanda], Dagaa / Lumbu / Lumpu / Ndagaa / Ndakala (Swahili), Kapenta / Mweru-kapenta (Swedish) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : de Iongh et al., 1995 | Kolding et al., 1992 | Marshall, 2011 | Mulimbwa & Shirakihara, 199 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 | Torres Jr., 1992 .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika, but introduced into several other lakes, like Lake Kivu, Lake Kariba and Cahora Bassa reservoirs | Lake Mweru and Zambian Zaïre basin .
  • Dentition : Gourène & Teugels, 1993 .
  • Distribution_references : Gourène & Teugels, 1993 | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Balon, 1971 c | Bell-Cross & Bell-Cross, 1971 | Cochrane, 1984 | de Iongh et al., 1995 | Marshall, 2011 | Moreau et al., 1995 | Tessier et al., 2020 .
  • Food habits : feeds on plankton, especially atyid shrimps, also copepods and prawns, but larger individuals apparently take larval Stolothrissa. Cannibalism does occur .
  • Food habits_references : Cochrane, 1984 | de Iongh et al., 1987 | de Iongh et al., 1995 | Hulot, 1950 b | Mandima, 1999 | Mandima, 2000 | Mandima et al., 2016 | Marshall, 2011 | Masilya et al., 2007 | Matthes, 1967 b | Poll, 1953 a | Roest, 1968 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 | Whitehead, 1985 | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b .
  • Genetics : Hauser et al., 1995 | Hauser et al., 1998 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Growth / growth performance : Cochrane, 1984 | de Iongh et al., 1995 | Huddart, 1994 | Kimura, 1995 | Kolding et al., 1992 | Mahy, 1979 | Marshall, 1987 | Marshall, 1995 | Marshall, 2011 | Mulimbwa & Shirakihara, 1994 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 | Roest, 1978 .
  • Habitat / home range : inhabits offshore areas of lake Tanganyika; also occurs at rivermouths, where the water is not too muddy and not very different physico-chemically from the Lake; lacustrine, forming large schools, preferring open water .
  • Habitat_references : Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Habits_references : Poll, 1953 a .
  • Introduction_references : de Iongh et al., 1995 | Huddart, 1994 | Marshall, 1995 | Marshall, 2011 | Moreau et al., 1995 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 | Ogutu-Ohwayo & Hecky, 1991 | Snoeks et al., 1997 | Spliethoff et al., 1983 .
  • Migration / movement : Coulter, 1962 | Mahy, 1979 | Phiri & Shurakihara, 1999 | Roest, 1978 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Gourène & Teugels, 1993 | Hauser et al., 1995 | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Mortality : Kolding et al., 1992 | Marshall, 1987 .
  • Osteology : Gourène & Teugels, 1993 .
  • Parasites : Marshall, 2011 .
  • Production : Tessier et al., 2020 .
  • Reproduction : breeds close to the shore throughout the rainy seasons, but with peaks in May/June and December/January. Fire is used to attract the fish and caught by means of scoop nets .
  • Reproduction_references : Cochrane, 1984 | de Iongh et al., 1995 | Ellis, 1971 | Henderson, 1976 | Huddart, 1994 | Marshall, 2011 | Matthes, 1967 b | Mulimbwa & Shirakihara, 1994 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 | Ndugumbi, Van Well & Chapman, 1976 | Poll, 1953 a | Roest, 1978 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Size : 170 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Microthrissa (Potamothrissa) stappersii Poll, 1948: 17, fig. 7. Type locality: Lake Moero (Lake Mweru), Lukonzolwa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype MRAC 9308; paratypes MRAC 9308-10140.
    • Pellonula miodon (part.) Boulenger, 1906 k: 546, Plate XXX, fig. 2. Type locality "Lake Tanganyika". Syntypes BMNH n° 1906.9.8: 7-9, 1906.9.8: 11 & 1906.9.8: 14-28 (19).
  • Use and trade : a major commercial fish in Lake Tanganyika (the second after Stolothrissa tanganicae), Lake Kivu and Lake Kariba. Used widely as bait by anglers, especially for tigerfish .