Odaxothrissa mento Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Gourène & Teugels, 1990 | Gourène & Teugels, 2003b | Teugels, 2007a .
  • Common names : Sled'ovka nigerijska (Czech), Nigerisk hugtandssild (Danish), Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline / Sardine (English), Nigeeria kihvtrissa (Estonian), Deyi (Ewe: Ghana), Taga rana / Worongi (Hausa: Nigeria), Ntita (Igbo: Nigeria), Agadagba [Ijo (Ijaw): Nigeria], Salanpore (Yoruba: Nigeria) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Kumolu-Johnson & Ndimele, 2010 .
  • Current distribution known : known from Ghana to Cameroon, specifically from the lower reaches of the Volta river (Ghana), the Cross and Benue rivers and Niger delta (Nigeria), and the Wouri river (Cameroon) .
  • Distribution_references : Gourène & Teugels, 1990 | Gourène & Teugels, 2003b | Teugels, 2007a | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Petr & Reynolds, 1969 | Reynolds, 1966 | Reynolds, 1967 | Reynolds, 1969 b .
  • Food habits : feeds on small fishes, including its own juveniles, and aquatic insects .
  • Food habits_references : Munroe, 2016b | Reynolds, 1970 a .
  • Habitat / home range : a pelagic, freshwater species found in rivers and streams, also in the man-made Lake Volta, but only in the most riverine parts .
  • Habitat_references : Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Migration / movement : Reynolds, 1969 a | Reynolds, 1971: 79 | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Gourène & Teugels, 1990 | Gourène & Teugels, 2003b | Greenwood & Lauder, 1981 | Teugels, 2007a | Whitehead, 1985 .
  • Reproduction_references : Breder & Rosen, 1966 | Reynolds, 1974 .
  • Size : 140 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Cynothrissa mento Regan, 1917 a: 204, fig. 1.1. Type locality: "Agberi, Southern Nigeria". Holotype BMNH n° 1902.11.10: 61.
  • Use and trade : enters artisanal fisheries, but catches are small .