Pronothobranchius chiroi Valdesalici, 2013 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Current distribution known : Niger River drainage in Niger and Burkina Faso .
  • Ecology : annual killifish .
  • Food habits / trophic level : ants and other insects (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Habitat / home range : temporary bodies and stagnant water on darker and dirty substratum (dead leaves, mulm) on clay (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Valdesalici, 2013 .
  • Reproduction : bottom spawner within substratum, but not diving into (unique behaviour of male during breeding: contact the female abdomen with its hump while swimming and spawning); 6 weeks incubation; eggs diameter: 2.0 mm (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Size : 44 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Pronothobranchius chirioi Valdesalici, 2013: 33, fig. 10a-c. Type locality: Burkina Faso, Loagpnolou River, small stream on Mekrou River drainage, Niger River basin, on extreme north of the Atakora mountains in Parc Naturel West, (05°34'N-02°11'03"E). Holotype: MNHN 2013-0695. Paratypes: BMNH 1970.11.6.17-18, MRAC 73.039.P.1609-1610.