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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Pantanodontidae (Spine killifishes)
Etymology: effusorium: Name from 'effusorium', i.e., spout, referring to how the mouth-snout is shaped, nozzle-shaped (Ref. 132493).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Africa: Kenya.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132493)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: snout spout-shaped; elongated pectoral fins reaching beyond the origin of the anal fin; dorsal area almost straight; eye rounded (Ref. 132493).
Cross section: compressed.
Maximum size based on original description.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Huber, J.H. and E. Meinema, 2024. Exceptional intra-lacustrine speciation in brackish inland Lake Turkana, with description of Eremodon nov. gen. and two new species, in comparison to coastal Aliteranodon effusorium n. sp. (Pantanodontidae; Cyprinodontiformes). Killi-Data Series 2024:71-99. (Ref. 132493)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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