Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre demersal; pH range: 7.0 - ? ; dH range: 10 - ?. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)
Africa: Nile basin (Ref. 28714, 58460), Chad (Ref. 367, 57417), Senegal, Gambia, Geba, Volta River basins (Ref. 57417). Also found in Lake Turkana in Kenya (Ref. 52331).
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 18.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2829); peso máximo publicado: 1.0 kg (Ref. 3799); edad máxima reportada: 5 años (Ref. 126183)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2 - 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 8. Diagnosis: skin scaleless, but head and body covered with small spines except on snout and caudal region; teeth form beak-like structure consisting in each jaw of two pieces fused on midline and covered by layer of enamel; nostrils consisting of two fleshy lobes placed in front of folded collar surrounding the opening; two pairs of non-perforated nasal tentacles; dorsal and anal fins short and placed far back on body; pectoral fins well developed; no pelvic fins; caudal fin rounded, its length comprised 3 times in SL; longitudinal stripes along sides of body in adults; black-rimmed red ocelli (eyespots) present in juveniles (Ref. 57417).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: circular.
Found in large rivers (Ref. 2829), open water, weed beds and vegetated fringes; feeds on mollusks (Ref. 28714). Ventral pocket communicates gill chamber with oesophagus, allowing fish to inflate its body like a ball (Ref. 57417).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Roberts, T.R., 1986. Tetraodontidae. p. 434-436. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 2829)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.02692 (0.01490 - 0.04861), b=2.91 (2.76 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.6 ±0.50 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
4.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 111 [46, 247] mg/100g; Iron = 1.1 [0.5, 2.5] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.8, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.211 [0.092, 0.466] g/100g; Selenium = 61.4 [30.7, 137.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.3 [3.9, 32.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.73, 1.59] mg/100g (wet weight); |