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Kneriidae (Shellears)
Etymology: Kneria: From Kner, that studied fishes in the Imperial Museum of Vienna, with Jean Natterer (1817) (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Rudolf Kner (1810–1869) was an Austrian zoologist specialising in ichthyology. [...] Gustav Adolf Baron von Maydell (1919–1959) was a German ecologist, bio-geographer and collector. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 15°S - 17°S
Africa: endemic to the Cunene River system in Angola (Ref. 52193, 120641) and Namibia (Ref. 52193).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7248)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: opercular organ (lamellar part) overlying anterior part of lateral line; body depth 6.5 times, head length 5.3 times in total length; snouth length equal to eye diameter, 3.5 times in head length; snout smooth, males often with tubercles on cheeks or around eyes; operular organ much larger than eye (Ref. 88971). Dorsal fin origin slightly before midpoint of head and caudal fin base (Ref. 7248, 52193, 88971). Anal fin origin slightly before midpoint of pelvic fins and caudal fin base; body yellowish brown, with a lateral band made up of darkbrown spots, dorsally and ventrally bordered by a pale zone; back and belly with rows of irregular shaped spots; 3-4 overlapping dark spots on caudal fin base; black spot at base of pectoral and pelvic fins; caudal fin without color pattern; 1st and 2nd ray of dorsal and anal fin blackish (Ref. 88971).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Poll, M., 1984. Kneriidae. p. 129-133. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3565)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |