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Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) > Amphiliinae
Etymology: Amphilius: Greek, amphi = on both sides + Greek, leios = fat.
More on author: Pellegrin.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical; 0°S - 4°S
Africa: Ogowe and Nyanga River systems in Gabon and the Kouilou and upper Ogowe in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81646).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 81646)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7; Espinas anales: 0. Diagnosis: adipose fin large, its origin close to dorsal fin; pigmentation not in a banded pattern, colour pattern striking with varied dark brown patches and spots with clear white interspaces, caudal fin clear with narrow black bands; eyes widely spaced (interorbital width 2.3-3.7 times orbit diameter); origin of dorsal base less than head length behind head; dorsal base before origin of pelvic fins; dorsal fin rectangular with leading (simple) ray shorter than length of leading edge; caudal fin with 6+7 principal rays; caudal peduncle compressed, short, 5.7-6.4 times in SL, slightly longer than deep (length 1.3-1.5 times depth); snout long, half of head length; eyes placed equidistant from hind margin of head and tip of snout (mid-way along head)(Ref. 81646).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels, 1986. Amphiliidae. p. 54-65. 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. 3818)
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=0.00490 (0.00202 - 0.01186), b=3.15 (2.94 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec < 10,000). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈 |