Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll et al., 1965 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Gourène & Teugels, 1990 | Gourène & Teugels, 2003b | Musschoot et al., 2021 | Teugels, 2007a .
  • Common names : Pelonula ghanskaa (Czech), Rundbuget sild (Danish), Roundbelly pellonuline (English), Timpheeringas (Estonian), Taga rana / Worongi (Hausa: Nigeria), Ntita (Igbo: Nigeria), Isoun [Ijo (Ijaw): Nigeria] .
  • Current distribution known : lower parts of rivers and lagoons in West Africa, from the Casamance River to the Niger delta, lower Ogowe River in Gabon and Loémé River in Republic of Congo | lower parts of rivers and lagoons in West Africa, from the Casamance River to the Niger delta, lower Ogowe River in Gabon and Loémé River in Republic of Congo .
  • Distribution_references : Gourène & Teugels, 1990 | Gourène & Teugels, 2003b | Musschoot et al., 2021 | Teugels, 2007a | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Habitat / home range : a riverine species, chiefly near the coast and entering lagoons, where salinities vary with the tides; it is presumably euryhaline, although it may escape high salinities .
  • Habitat_references : Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Daget & Iltis, 1965 | Gourène & Teugels, 1990 | Gourène & Teugels, 2003b | Musschoot et al., 2021 | Teugels, 2007a | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Reproduction : ripe females of 35 to 40 mm standard length were recorded in Ebrié Lagoon (Côte d'Ivoire) .
  • Size : 45.5 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll, Whitehead & Hopson, 1965: 277, fig. 1. Type locality: "Dawenia dam, near Tema, coast of Ghana". Holotype BMNH n° 1965.2.10: 1; paratypes BMNH n° 1965.2.10: 2-11 (10) and MRAC n° 142.828-837 (10).