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Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes) > Doumeinae
Etymology: Phractura: Greek, phraktos = fence (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Claus Herluf Stenholt Clausen (1921–2002) was a California-born Danish ichthyologist and biologist. He collected in Liberia (1965). He wrote: Tropical Old World Cyprinodonts (1967). He collected the holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
; zoet water demersaal. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468); 13°N - 6°N
Africa: Benue, lower Niger and Niger delta (Nigeria and Cameroon) to the (upper) Comoe (Burkina Faso); also reported from other coastal rivers such as the Ibu and Ogun (Nigeria) and Mono (Togo), as well as from the Volta basin (Ref. 57128).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 57128)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 7; Anale stekels: 2; Anale zachte stralen: 7 - 9. Diagnosis: pectoral-fin tips not reaching to pelvic-fin bases; pelvic-fin insertions placed behind a vertical line from last dorsal-fin ray; snout long, its length over 55% of head length; posterior nostrils separated from orbits by a distance about equal to orbit width and not separated by bony crest; humeral process pointed; branchiostegal membrane with a shallow ventral invagination; width of occipital process comprised from 3.5-6 times in its length (Ref. 57128).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy, 2003. Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: 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).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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