Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel, 1845 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Paugy, 2003 .
  • Common names : Batcoiya / Betcoya / Betkoya / Bitkuya (Arabic), Sand leaf fish (Creole, English: Cameroon), Abal / Apurut / Pur [Dinka, Northeastern (Dinka): Sudan], Moon fish (English), Lai lautokala (Estonian), Kebee / Vavi (Ewe: Ghana), Hopeajättitetra / Kiekkositara (Finnish), Mleke (Ga: Ghana), Azu mpete (Igbo: Nigeria), Sala (Ijo: Nigeria), Fulful (Kanuri: Nigeria), Babani / Kabah / Kabare / Kabaring / Wale / Walgan / Wole (Kim: Chad), Polong / Tangrail (Nuer: Sudan), Bobogi (Nupe: Nigeria), Othago (Shilluk: Sudan), Osu (Yoruba: Nigeria), Batibaga (Zande: Sudan) .
  • Current distribution known : wide ranging from Senegal to Ethiopia, and found throughout the Nile excluding the Nile delta .
  • Distribution_references : Bailey, 1994 | Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Paugy, 2003 .
  • Food habits : ingests mud containing benthic and sedimented algae and also feeds on phytoplankton, aufwuchs, detritus and benthic animals .
  • Food habits_references : Gauthier Lièvre, 1949 | Hickley & Bailey, 1987a | Sandon & Amin Al Tayib, 1953 .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in open water and vegetation beds of lakes and flowing water .
  • Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Gosse, 1990 | Gosse & Paugy, 2003 .
  • Reproduction : in the Sudd, it spawns in the perennial wetland at high water .
  • Size : 840 mm SL and 18 kg .
  • Types :
    • Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel (ex Ehrenberg), 1845: 9, pl. 1, fig. 2. Type locality: "Hab. in Nilo". Type in Berlin Museum (fide Boulenger, 1909).
  • Use and trade : a commercially important species, which is marketable when caught .