Clypeobarbus congicus (Boulenger, 1899) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Parmicka konzska (Czech), Congo barb (English), Kongo rüüpardlik (Estonian), Suurisuomubarbi (Finnish), Kongobarbe (German) .
  • Current distribution known : known from scattered locations in the Congo River basin (from the lower Congo near its estuary up to the upper Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo). It has been also reported from Bujumbura (Ruzizi River, Burundi) and the Malagarasi River (Tanzania) .
  • Distribution_references : Banyankimbona et al., 2012b | Conway & Stiassny, 2008 | Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : a polyphagous species; the stomachs contained fine sand, Diatomea, filamentous algae, Ostracods, little Oligochaeta and insect larvae (Chironomids, Ceratopogonids, Trichoptera and Ephemera) .
  • Genetics : Katemo Manda et al., 2020 | Yang et al., 2015 .
  • Habitat / home range : a benthopelagic species .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Conway & Stiassny, 2008 | Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 .
  • Phylogeny : Hayes & Armbruster, 2017 | Katemo Manda et al., 2020 | Yang et al., 2015 .
  • Size : 75 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Barbus congicus Boulenger, 1899 b: 100, pl. 40, fig. 3. Type locality: "Matadi", Lower Zaïre. Syntypes MRAC n° 870 to 875 and BMNH n° 1899.11.27: 6 to 7.