Nannocharax machadoi (Poll, 1967) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : attractive and peaceful in aquariums .
  • Colour pattern : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Common names : Dwerg-sitarien / Dwerg-sitarien (Afrikaans), Dwarf citharine (English), Nääps-väikesalmler (Estonian), Kääpiöpohjastaja (Finnish), Namukidji [Lwena (Luena): Angola] .
  • Current distribution known : known from the Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi and Kafue systems, recently taken from the middle Zambezi above Kariba. Absent from northern tributaries of the Zambezi in Zambia .
  • Distribution_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Food habits : feeds by picking periphyton and tiny invertebrates from the stems and leaves of water plants .
  • Food habits_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Habitat / home range : inhabits clear, quiet, well-vegetated habitats; common on floodplains and in the Okavango Delta .
  • Habitat_references : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Marshall, 2011 | Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Reproduction : breeds in summer .
  • Reproduction_references : Skelton, 1993b | Skelton, 2001 .
  • Size : 40 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Hemigrammocharax machadoi Poll, 1967 b: 125, fig. 53. Type locality: "riv. Longa, afflt riv. Luena", Angola. Holotype MD n° 5579 + paratypes (7) and (4) MRAC n° 159.969 to 972.