Epiplatys phoeniceps Huber, 1980 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Schönkopfhechtling (German) .
  • Current distribution known : known from the Sangha River drainage in Congo (from Makoua, Ignoli, Debrouille and Liouesso), central Congo River basin .
  • Ecology : not a seasonal killifish .
  • Food habits : ants and other insects (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in brooks and small rivers under forest cover .
  • Reproduction : near-to-surface spawner; 2 weeks incubation; eggs diameter: 1.6 mm (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Size : 65 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Epiplatys phoeniceps Huber, 1980 c: 12, fig., map. Type locality: "200 mètres au sud du village Ignoli, soit 13 km au sud du village de Débrouillé, dans un petit ruisseau assez courant, du Congo septentrional, bassin de la Sangha, plateau forestier" (00°42'N-15°34'E). Holotype MNHN n° 1980-1125; paratypes MNHN n° 1980-1126-1127.