Enteromius fasciolatus (Günther, 1868) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Chromosomes : Rab et al., 1995 .
  • Colour pattern : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Linyonga / Rooi-ghieliemientjie (Afrikaans), Parmicka pruhovana / Parmicka rhodéska / Parmicka tmavopruha (Czech), African banded barb / Angola barb / Angolan barb / Barred barb / Orange barb / Red barb / Tiger barb (English), Sinivööt-pardkala / Vöödiline pardkala (Estonian), Kuparibarbi / Seeprabarbi (Finnish), Blaustrichbarbe (German) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Torres Jr., 1992 .
  • Current distribution known : found from Democratic Republic of Congo to Botswana and Zimbabwe. In Central Africa, it is known from the upper Lualaba and Luapula-Mweru systems. It is also known from the upper Kasai and the Lomami Rivers. It has been recorded from Lake Kariba. In Southern Africa, this species is widely distributed in the upper Zambezi system and also in the Middle Zambezi, Kafue, Cunene, Okavango and Zambian Congo .
  • Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Food habits : feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter .
  • Food habits_references : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Genetics : Katemo Manda et al., 2020 | Ren et al., 2020 | Schedel et al., 2022 | Yang et al., 2015 .
  • Habitat / home range : a benthopelagic that prefers well-oxygenated but vegetated waters such as floodplain river channels and permanent lagoons. Fringes and shallow, vegetated areas of main river channels and connected lagoons, also in larger tributaries, but rare in smaller streams. It is shy, emerging in subdued light, most active in early morning and late afternoon and can be observed over open sand in the shallows of the Upper Zambezi River by torchlight at night .
  • Habitat_references : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Migration / movement : migrates during rainy season .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Parasites : Marshall 2011 .
  • Phylogeny : Hayes & Armbruster, 2017 | Katemo Manda et al., 2020 | Ren et al., 2020 | Schedel et al., 2022 | Yang et al., 2015 .
  • Size : 60 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Barbus barilioides Boulenger, 1914 b: 384. Type locality: "Solwezi River, tributary of the Chifulowa River", Zambezi River system. Syntypes (2) BMNH n° 1914.9.21: 10 to 11.
    • Barbus fasciolatus Günther, 1868: 108. Type locality: "Fluilla", Angola. Holotype BMNH n° 1864.7.13: 63.
  • Use and trade : commercially important as an aquarium species .