Engraulicypris spinifer Bailey & Matthes, 1971 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Seegers, 1996 .
  • Common names : Mesobola vychodoafricka (Czech), Malagarasi sardine (English), Malagarasi sardiinboola (Estonian), Salakkabarbi (Finnish) .
  • Current distribution known : known from Malagarazi and Ruaha Rivers and Lake Rukwa system .
  • Distribution_references : Seegers, 1996 .
  • Food habits : it probably feeds on zooplankton and small insects and crustaceans .
  • Food habits_references : Seegers, 1996 .
  • Habitat / home range : prefers flowing waters although it can be collected in pool of stagnant water as well. Might become important in dams .
  • Habitat_references : Seegers, 1996 .
  • Migration / movement : Seegers, 1996 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Seegers, 1996 .
  • Osteology : Howes, 1984 .
  • Size : 50 mm SL, 60 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Engraulicypris spinifer Bailey & Matthes, 1971: 79, fig. 1. Type locality: "Kazima reservoir near Tabora, in the Malagarasi drainage basin". Holotype BMNH n° 1970.3.10.: 1; paratypes BMNH n° 1970.3.10: 2 to 11 (type locality) and ZMA n° 109.709 (from the river Ruaha (Rufiji system) at Mbuyuni on the Iringa-Morogoro road).