FB-62094 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62094 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Acestrorhamphidae Astyanax Astyanax jacuhiensis (Cope, 1894) Large-toothed Lake Turkana robber Turkana kardsalmler Alestes ferox Hopson & Hopson, 1982 Brycinus ferox (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) 2005-03-29 2013-12-20 Seegers, L., L. De Vos and D.O. Okeyo0 Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 92:11-47. (Ref. 52331) Hopson, A.J. and J. Hopson0 The fishes of Lake Turkana with a description of three new species: Alestes ferox sp. nov., Alestes minutus sp. nov. (Pisces: Characidae) and Barbus turkanae sp. nov. (Pisces: Cyprinidae). p. 283-347. In A.J. Hopson (ed.) Lake Turkana. A report on the findings of the Lake Turkana project 1972-1975. Overseas Development Administration, London. 1873 p. (Ref. 53378) Nyingi, W.D.0 Guide to common freshwater fishes of Kenya. 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(Ref. 131251) FB-GeneralDescr-62100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2005-04-11 20:49:00 2024-08-08 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Pelagic, restricted to offshore waters; feeds chiefly on prawns, zooplankton and insects with an increasing proportion of small fish in larger individuals; spawns within lake; dominant species in terms of standing stock in Lake Turkana (Ref. 53378). Hopson, A.J. and J. Hopson 1982 The fishes of Lake Turkana with a description of three new species: Alestes ferox sp. nov., Alestes minutus sp. nov. (Pisces: Characidae) and Barbus turkanae sp. nov. (Pisces: Cyprinidae). p. 283-347. In A.J. Hopson (ed.) Lake Turkana. A report on the findings of the Lake Turkana project 1972-1975. Overseas Development Administration, London. 1873 p. (Ref. 53378) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2005-04-11 21:19:37 2005-04-11 21:19:37 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats It has sharply pointed fang-like teeth and a muzzle-like prognathous snout (Ref. 53378). Pale fawn with silvery scales, darker on the dorsal surface (Ref. 53378). Both lobes of the caudal fin marked with red chromatophores on the lower lobe (Ref. 53378). The dorsal surface is lightly patterned with melanophores in preserved specimens, heavier in a band on the middorsal line (Ref. 53378). Characteristic patches of black pigment are present on the snout, on the lower jaw and on the mid-lateral portion of the caudal peduncle (Ref. 53378). Distal margin of caudal fin with broad edging of black pigment (Ref. 53378). Hopson, A.J. and J. Hopson 1982 The fishes of Lake Turkana with a description of three new species: Alestes ferox sp. nov., Alestes minutus sp. nov. (Pisces: Characidae) and Barbus turkanae sp. nov. (Pisces: Cyprinidae). p. 283-347. In A.J. Hopson (ed.) Lake Turkana. A report on the findings of the Lake Turkana project 1972-1975. Overseas Development Administration, London. 1873 p. (Ref. 53378) FB-Distribution-62100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2005-04-11 20:54:16 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: endemic to Lake Turkana, Kenya (Ref. 52331, 53378). Hopson, A.J. and J. Hopson 1982 The fishes of Lake Turkana with a description of three new species: Alestes ferox sp. nov., Alestes minutus sp. nov. (Pisces: Characidae) and Barbus turkanae sp. nov. (Pisces: Cyprinidae). p. 283-347. In A.J. Hopson (ed.) Lake Turkana. A report on the findings of the Lake Turkana project 1972-1975. Overseas Development Administration, London. 1873 p. (Ref. 53378) FB-Size-62100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2005-04-11 20:49:00 2024-08-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 8.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 52331)) Seegers, L., L. De Vos and D.O. Okeyo 2003 Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 92:11-47. (Ref. 52331) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-62100 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2005-04-11 20:49:00 2024-08-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62100 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size pelagic; freshwater