Acapoeta tanganicae (Boulenger, 1900) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Parmicka tanganicka (Czech), Mbaraga (Estonian), Tanganjikanbarbi (Finnish), Mbaraga [Rwanda (Kinyarwanda): Rwanda], Mbaraga (Swahili: Tanzania) .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika | endemic to Lake Tanganyika and the Rusizi River. Recently (2015) discovered inside the Lake Rukwa catchment .
  • Distribution_references : Eccles, 1992 | Genner et al., 2015 .
  • Food habits : feeds on varied food items collected on rocky and other firm bottoms: insects, ostracods, diatoms, worms, etc. Also feeds on aufwuchs .
  • Food habits_references : Matthes, 1963 | Takamura, 1984 .
  • Habitat / home range : found in inshore waters of the lake over rocky substrates and in major fast flowing rivers .
  • Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 .
  • Hybridization : Banister, 1976 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Eccles, 1992 | Genner et al., 2015 .
  • Size : 610 mm TL; weight 2.250 g .
  • Types :
    • Capoeta tanganicae Boulenger, 1900 b: 478. Type locality: "North end of Lake Tanganyika". Syntypes (2) BMNH n° 1906.9.6: 9-10. The largest of the two has been selected as lectotype by Banister, 1976.
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven et al., 2016 .