Micropanchax loati, Nile killifish : aquarium

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Micropanchax loati (Boulenger, 1901)

Nile killifish
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> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Eponymy: William Leonard Stevenson Loat (1871–1932) was a British archaeologist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.

Issue
Lacustricola kassenjiensis (Ahl, 1924) is considered valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883) following Huber (1999: Ref. 30546). The species page will be created for the next update.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico; non migratori. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Africa: White Nile drainage in Sudan (Ref. 47311) and South Sudan (Ref. 4906), Nile delta in Egypt, Nile and Lake Victoria drainage in Uganda, Lake Victoria, Malagarazi and Wembere systems in Tanzania (Ref. 47311).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 27139)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 7 - 8; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 13 - 15. 24-28 scales in longitudinal series (Ref. 28714).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in small bodies of water and shallow weedy parts of larger water bodies, swamps, irrigation ditches, brooks and small rivers (Ref. 47311). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139). Eggs develop in about 14 days in captivity and young reach sexual maturity at age of about 7-8 months (Ref. 47311).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 January 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00222 - 0.01425), b=3.07 (2.85 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈