Labeobarbus tropidolepis (Boulenger, 1900) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Parma tanganicka (Czech), Tanganjika pardkala (Estonian), Järvibarbi (Finnish), Mbilibil (Tanzania), Biriki / Mbilibili (Swahili: Tanzania) .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin where it is found in shallow waters in the lake and in its affluent rivers, including the Malagarasi .
  • Distribution_references : Eccles, 1992 .
  • Ecology : Kawabata, 1975 .
  • Food habits : feeds on varied food items collected on the bottom including crustaceans, sponges, insects, plant debris, etc .
  • Food habits_references : Matthes, 1963 .
  • Habitat / home range : in the lake found in shallow inshore waters down to 25 m deep. Very common in rivers where it migrates in the rainy season for reproduction .
  • Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 .
  • Size : 850 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Barbus tropidolepis Boulenger, 1900 g: 133, pl. 49, fig. 2. Type locality: "Usumbura, Lake Tanganyika". Lectotype BMNH n° 1906.9.6: 19 to 21 (the smallest specimen, selected by Banister, 1973); paralectotypes (2) BMNH n° 1906.9.6: 19 to 21 and (3) MRAC n° 327 to 329.
    • Varicorhinus chapini Nichols & LaMonte, 1950: 175. Type locality, " Lake Tanganika". Holotype ANMH n° 18.785.
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven et al., 2016 .