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Characiformes (Characins) >
Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Brachypetersius: Greek, brachys = short + Peters, 1877, naturalist, expeditionary in Asia.
Eponymy: Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader (1885–1959) was an American philanthropist who was Director of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (1937–1951). The mineral Cadwaladerite is named after him. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
; sötvatten pelagiska. Tropical
Africa: upper Lulua (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin), upper Lomami (middle Congo River basin) and right bank tributaries of the Lualaba River (upper Congo River basin), including the Elila and Luama (Ref. 42032), in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also reported from Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 42032) but this is unconfirmed in other sources (e.g. Ref. 598, 6770).
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 42034)
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. 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. 5331)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00589 (0.00239 - 0.01452), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |