Lates angustifrons Boulenger, 1906 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Biology : Coulter, 1976 .
  • Common names : Pamba sikiti (Bemba: Zambia), Chimizi / Chisoso / Gomba / Kachechi / Katala wa komonnga / Mpamba / Pamba / Pamba sikiti / Sikiti (Chilungu: Zambia), Giant perch / Tanganyika lates (English), Tanganyika lates (Estonian), Schmalstirn-Riesenbarsch (German), Sangala (Rundi: Burundi), Capitaine / Pamba / Sangala / Sangara (Swahili) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to Lake Tanganyika and also enters the deltas of its major rivers including the Rusizi and Malagarasi .
  • Embryology / ontogeny : Kinoshita & Tshibangu, 1997 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : unspecialized in its fish diet; feeds largely on benthic cichlids, but also takes sardines .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Eccles, 1992 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Growth / growth performance : Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Habitat / home range : juveniles live in a specific inshore habitat until they reach 18 cm, also found near and in slow flowing affluents. Adults found from the littoral to near the limit of the oxygenated zone. Solitary, lurking predator, probably favouring rocky bottoms .
  • Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Kinoshita & Tshibangu, 1997 | Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Osteology : Gregory, 1933 | Greenwood, 1976 a | Otero, 2004 .
  • Phylogeny : Otero, 2004 .
  • Reproduction_references : Munyandorero & Mwape, 2003 .
  • Size : 2,000 mm SL; 10,000 g .
  • Types :
    • Lates angustifrons Boulenger, 1906 k: 555, pl. 35, fig. 1. Type locality: "Niamkolo", Lake Tanganyika. Holotype BMNH n° 1906.9.8: 92.
  • Use and trade : highly susceptible to intensive fishing; threatened due to over harvesting .