Distichodus petersii Pfeffer, 1896

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Distichodus petersii : Pfeffer, 1896 : 41Die Fische Ost Afrikas. In Deutsch Ost-Afrika : Band III. | Boulenger, 1901 i : 512List of the fishes of the characinid genus Distichodus Mull. and Trosch., with a key to their identification. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 42A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1909 a : 265, fig. 202Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Copley, 1958 : 66Common freshwater fishes of East Africa. | Matthes, 1967 : 12The fishes and fisheries of the Ruaha river basin, Tanzania (systematics, ecology, zoogeography, fisheries). | Bailey, 1969 b : 180The non-cichlid fishes of the eastward flowing rivers of Tanzania, East Africa. | Fowler, 1975 : 87A catalog of World fishes (22). | Géry, 1977 : 70Characoids of the World. | Daget & Gosse, 1984 : 19127. Distichodontidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 49, 121, fig.FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Zarske, 2011 : 73,fig. 26a-26cDas Typusmaterial der Characiformes des Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Teil 1 (3) Einleitung und afrikanische Taxa (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Hepsetidae, Alestidae, Citharinidae, Distichodontidae). | Arroyave et al., 2013 : 11, 12, 13, 14, 15Are characiform fishes Gondwanan in origin? Insights from a time-scaled molecular phylogeny of the Citharinoidei (Ostariophysi: Characiformes). | Arroyave et al., 2020 : 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 20Pattern and timing of diversification in the African freshwater fish genus Distichodus (Characiformes: Distichodontidae)..
Distichodus albini : Steindachner, 1916 : 66, pl. 2, fig. 1 (junior synonym)Bericht über die ichthyologischen Aufsammlungen der Brüder Adolf und Albin Horn während einer im Sommer 1913 ausgeführten Reise nach Deutsch-Ostafrika. | Daget & Gosse, 1984 : 191 (synonym of Distichodus petersii) (junior synonym)27. Distichodontidae..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Common names : Petersi hammassalmler (Estonian), Mbapale / Tungu / Tungwi (Swahili) .
Current distribution known : known from Ruaha-Rufiji system, Ruvu and Ruvuma Rivers .
Distribution_references : Eccles, 1992 .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds on epiphytic algae, coarse vegetation/detritus and aquatic invertebrates .
Genetics : Arroyave et al., 2013 | Arroyave et al., 2020 .
Habitat / home range : usually riverine, but may colonize dams .
Migration / movement : highly migratory, often going to the upper reaches of Great Ruaha to spawn around January/February .
Phylogeny : Arroyave et al., 2013 | Arroyave et al., 2020 .
Size : 450 mm SL .
Types :
- Distichodus albini Steindachner, 1915: 66, pl. 2, fig. 1. Type locality: "Ulanga-Fluss bei Ifakara", Rufiji basin, Tanzania. Holotype's location unknown.
- Distichodus petersii Pfeffer, 1896: 41. Type locality: "Kingani-Fluss", Tanzania. Syntypes (4) ZMHU n° 13.677.