Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : difficult to maintain in aquarium .
  • Common names : Natalse lampogie (Afrikaans), Lumbungo (Chokwe:Angola), Natal lampeye / Natal topminnow (English), Natal-Leuchtaugenfisch (German) .
  • Current distribution known : small rivers, brooks and shallow parts of larger bodies of water, estuaries and lagoons in the warm coastal plains of Natal, South Africa, from the Pongola River southward to the Umlalazi River. Also in Transvaal, South Africa. Reports from the Okavango swamps in Botswana and the Cuanza and Cuilo in Angola probably refer to other species .
  • Ecology : potential mosquito control agent. Not a seasonal killifish .
  • Food habits : feeds on aquatic insects, such as mosquito larvae and algae .
  • Genetics : Scheel, 1981 b .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in inshore vegetated areas of lakes and well-vegetated streams | small rivers, brooks and shallow parts of larger waterbodies, estuaria, lagoons in the warmer coastal plain river systems .
  • Reproduction : near-to-surface spawner, 2 weeks incubation (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) | serial spawner, lays eggs on vegetation .
  • Size : 50 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Haplochilus myaposae Boulenger, 1908 e: 232, fig. 2. Type locality: "Myaposae river, Zululand", Transvaal, South Africa. Syntypes BMNH n° 1907. 4.17: 88-89 (2).