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Kneriidae (Shellears)
Etymology: thysi: Dedicated to Dirk Thys van den Audenaerde from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium), who collected the type specimens of Parakneria thysi in difficult and even dangerous circumstances (Ref. 89136).
Eponymy: Professor Dr Dirk Frans Elisabeth Thys van den Audenerde (d: 1934) is a Belgian ichthyologist and Museum Director. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 18°C - 22°C (Ref. 13614)
Africa: endemic to the Lufira (upper Lualaba basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 2970, 89136).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3565)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 9; Vértebra: 39. Diagnosis: body depth 6.4-7.1 times in SL; head length 3.8-4.3 times in SL; snout rounded, its length 2.5-2.9 times in HL; eye superolateral, its diameter 5.1-5.5 times in HL, 1.4-1.7 times in interorbital distance, 1.8-2.1 times in snout length; dorsal fin origin about 1.1 times further from snout tip than from caudal fin origin; anal fin origin 1.4-1.6 times further from pelvic fin origin than from caudal fin origin; pectoral fin large, its length 4.9-5.4 times in SL, 0.7-0.9 times length of head; pelvic fin 6.4-7.1 times in SL, 1.5-1.7 times in HL; caudal peduncle 1.7-1.9 times as long as deep (Ref. 89136).
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
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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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Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |