Enteromius thamalakanensis (Fowler, 1935) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Thamalakane-ghieliemientjie (Afrikaans), Parmicka botswanska (Czech), Thamalakane barb (English), Thamakalane pardkala (Estonian), Ngonga [Lwena (Luena): Angola], Senge [Lwena (Luena, Tshokwe): Angola] .
  • Current distribution known : restricted to the Okavango and Upper Zambezi systems. Apparently absent from northern tributaries of the Upper Zambezi in Zambia and thus primarily restricted to floodplains and slower flowing streams in the system .
  • Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Food habits : feeds on insects and periphyton .
  • Food habits_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Genetics : Chakona et al., 2015 | Yang et al., 2015 .
  • Habitat / home range : most abundant in small, flowing, well-vegetated tributaries and also fairly common in the vegetated margins of main river channels, from which it colonises floodplain habitats during the floods .
  • Habitat_references : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Marshall 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Osteology : Skelton, 1976b .
  • Phylogeny : Chakona et al., 2015 | Yang et al., 2015 .
  • Reproduction : breeds in summer, laying eggs on submerged vegetation .
  • Reproduction_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 50 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Barbus fitzsimonsi Fowler, 1935 a: 267, fig. 11. Type locality: "Chobe River below rapids, three miles from Kasane". Holotype TM n° 15.251; paratypes ANSP (10) n° 54.290-54.299 and (10) 54.320 to 54.329 (Chobe River).
    • Barbus thamalakanensis Fowler, 1935 a: 263, fig. 8. Type locality: "Thamalakane River at Maun". Holotype TM n° 15.289.