Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from Bujumbura, Rumonge, Nyanza (Ref. 36901). Also Ref. 41590, 45485, 75075.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Poll, M., 1953
National Database:
Africa: known from Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 36901, 75075, 78218), affluent rivers (Ref. 93972) and the Lower Malagarasi River (Ref. 54847).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 23.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3236)
Present on the bottom of deep water to 150 m but most common in sub-littoral areas; very common in deep water (Ref. 4967). Specialized toward a life on the sandy bottoms (Ref. 6770). Upstream spawning migrations have been reported (Ref. 78218, 93972). Omnivore (Ref. 78218). Feeds on small fishes (usually Lamprologus spp.), ostracods, and larvae of dragonflies (Ref. 6868, 36901).
Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mo, T., 1991. Anatomy, relationships and systematics of the Bagridae (Teleostei: Siluroidei) with a hypothesis of siluroid phylogeny. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae 17. 216 p. (Ref. 55984)