Kneria polli Trewavas, 1936 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Breathing / respiration : reported to breathe air and climb over damp rocks and up sides of waterfalls in migrations .
  • Common names : Noordelike skulpoortjie (Afrikaans), Knérie Pollova (Czech), Northern kneria / Western kneria / Western shellear (English), Polli kneeria (Estonian), Korvakala (Finnish) .
  • Current distribution known : upper reaches of the Cunene, Okavango and Upper Zambezi, and also headwaters of Angolan coastal rivers. Found in most northern Zambian Upper Zambezi tributaries .
  • Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Food habits : scrapes diatoms, algae and detritus from rocks and also takes small aquatic insects .
  • Habitat / home range : shoals in pools of clear, silt-free rocky streams .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 70 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Kneria polli Trewavas, 1936: 64, pl. 1, fig. 1-2. Type locality: "Mt Moco, Cuvo River system, West Angola". Syntypes BMNH n° 1935.3.20: 52 to 64.