Distichodus schenga Peters, 1852 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Chessa (Afrikaans), Chessa / Schenga (English), Latik-hammassalmler (Estonian), Nchenka [MalawiNyanja (Chichewa), Chenga (Sena: Mozambique) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Torres Jr., 1992 .
  • Current distribution known : middle and lower Zambezi drainages, Pungwe and Buzi rivers in Mozambique .
  • Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Marshall, 2011 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : omnivorous, preferring algae and plant matter to snails, shrimps, and small fish .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Genetics : Arroyave et al., 2020 .
  • Habitat / home range : favors large rivers, shoaling over both rock and sand .
  • Habitat_references : Marshall, 2011 .
  • Migration / movement : moving upstream to suitable spawning sites .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Abwe et al., 2019 | Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Phylogeny : Arroyave et al., 2020 .
  • Reproduction : breeds in summer during the rainy period .
  • Reproduction_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 500 mm SL, weight 6.4 kg .
  • Types :
    • Distichodus schenga Peters, 1852: 276. Type locality: "Tette", Zambezi basin. Holotype ZMHU n° 3565.
  • Use and trade : important economic value in river fisheries in Zimbabwe; little economic value in Lake Kariba. A valued angling species and a good fighter for light tackle (Southern Africa) .