>
Gonorynchiformes (Milkfishes) >
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.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 15°S - 17°S
Africa: endemic to the Cunene River system in Angola (Ref. 52193, 120641) and Namibia (Ref. 52193).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7248)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 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 vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
Informes especiales
Descargar XML
Fuentes de Internet
Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
|
Bayesian length-weight
|
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). |
|
|
0 |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |