Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Paugy, 2003 .
  • Common names : Kuilmiisgu (Mòoré: Burkina Faso), Polong / Tangrail (Nuer: Sudan), Bobogi (Nupe: Nigeria), Mpoi (Nyoro: Uganda), Othago (Shilluk: Sudan), Fetta (Soninké: Senegal), Mbète (Wolof: Senegal), Osu (Yoruba: Nigeria), Batibaga (Zande: Sudan) | Mleke (Adangme: Ghana), Aporo (Alur: Uganda), Batcoiya / Betcoya / Betkoya / Bitkuya (Arabic), Sand leaf fish (Creole, English: Cameroon), Abal / Apurut / Pur [Dinka: Northeastern (Dinka) Sudan], Moon fish (English), Harilik lautokala / Sirgesalmler (Estonian), Vanoe / Vavi / Waviyibor (Ewe: Ghana), Hopeasitara / Jättitetra (Finnish), Fettoore / Mbettoore [Fulfulde, Pulaar (Pulaar): Senegal], Mleke (Ga: Ghana), Afrikanischer Hochrückensalmler / Hochrückengeradsalmler (German), Mpoi (Gungu: Uganda), Falia (Hausa: Nigeria), Azu mpete (Igbo: Nigeria), Afor / Apede / Ofou (Ijo: Nigeria), Taala (Jula: Burkina Faso), Fulful (Kanuri: Nigeria) .
  • Current distribution known : common in the large Sudanese basins: Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Volta, Ouémé and Chad and in Lake Turkana .
  • Distribution_references : Bailey, 1994 | Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Paugy, 2003 .
  • Food habits : feeds on phytoplankton, algae, macrophytes and organic debris .
  • Food habits_references : Gauthier-Lièvre, 1949 | Hickley & Bailey, 1987a .
  • Habitat / home range : common in large rivers of the Sudan region .
  • Migration / movement : anadromous species .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Daget, 1962b | Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Paugy, 2003 | Heim, 1935 | Sagemehl, 1885 | Sagemehl,, 1886 | Vari, 1979 .
  • Parasites : Paperna, 1996 .
  • Size : 580 mm SL; 7000 g .
  • Types :
    • Citharinus citharus intermedius Worthington, 1932 c: 123. Type locality: "Lake Rudolf". Syntypes (5) BMNH n° 1932.6.13: 36 to 40.
    • Distichodus marnoi Steindachner, 1881: 200. Type locality: Bahr-el-Seraf and Bahr-el-Gebel, Nile system, Sudan. Syntypes NMW 59544, 76438.
    • Serrasalmus citharus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809: 40, pl. 5, fig. 2. Type locality: Fleuve Nil, Egypte. Syntype MNHN 4617, A-9723, A-8605, A-8606
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .