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Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Mochokinae
Etymology: Microsynodontis: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, synodon = with the teeth growing all together (Ref. 45335); armatus: Species name from the Latin 'armatus', meaning armed; in allusion to the antrorse and retrorse serrations on the nterior edge of the pectoral spine unique to this species (Ref. 52369).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Γλυκού νερού βενθικό(ς); pH range: 5.0 - 5.0. Tropical
Africa: known only from the Ivindo River in northern Gabon (Ref. 52369, 81251).
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 52369)
Short description
Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία
Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 2; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 6; Εδρικές άκανθες: 0; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 11; Σπόνδυλοι: 34 - 35. Diagnosis: retrorse (proximally directed serrations along proximal 1/3-1/2 of anterior edge of pectoral spine (Ref. 52369, 81251). Body slender, 13.7-15.0% SL; eye 6.7-13.9% HL; snout short, its length 43.1-48.5% HL; supracleithral process not reaching to vertical through posterior-most tip of nuchal shield; adipose fin moderately long, its base 25.9-32.9% SL; caudal peduncle slender, its depth 8.3-9.1% SL (Ref. 81251).
Found in a blackwater forest stream with sand and leaf litter bottom (Ref. 52369).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες
Ng, H.H., 2004. The Microsynodontis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Mochokidae) of the lower Guinea region, west central Africa, with the description of eight new species. Zootaxa 531:1-52. (Ref. 52369)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00644 - 0.03242), b=2.90 (2.71 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Ελαστικότητα (Ref.
120179): Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
