Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Ablette (French: Gabon); Arefe (Yoruba: Nigeria); Egbagi (Nupe: Nigeria); Fabara, Ogoundou (langue not specified: Gabon); Heering-mölderkala (Estonian: Estonia); Kapasa (langue not specified: Angola); Kaya (Kanuri: Nigeria); Kusu (Luba-Kasai: Angola); Lumbase, Lutemba, Muka, Musalusalu, Nganzama, Susulu (Chokwe: Angola); Manse, Mibanse, Misebele (Bemba: Zambia); Shemani (Hausa: Nigeria); Sillialesti, Sillitetra (Finnish: Finland); Torpedo robber (English: Zambia) .
  • Current distribution known : Congo River basin: from Pool Malebo up to the upper Lualaba and Luapula Rivers in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Angola and Zambia. Lower Guinea: found in coastal River basins in Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Also reported from Lake Tanganyika, the Malagarazi River and the Rusizi River .
  • Food habits_references : Hulot, 1950 b | Poll, 1953 a | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b .
  • Habits_references : Gosse, 1963 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Boulenger, 1901 q | Boulenger, 1909 a | Boulenger, 1916 a | Fowler, 1919 | Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914 | Poll, 1946 | Poll, 1953 a | Poll, 1967 b | Poll, 1976 b | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b .
  • Osteology : Monod, 1950 a .
  • Reproduction_references : Poll, 1953 a .
  • Scales : Cockerell, 1910 b .
  • Size : 600 mm SL (male) .
  • Types :
    • Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 d: 542. Type locality: "Quanza river at Cunga and Dondo and from the Lucalla river at Lucalla". Syntypes BMNH n° 1910.11.28: 65-70.
    • Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 a: 113. Type locality: "Gabon". Holotype BMNH n° 1867.5.3: 25.