Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, known from the Sanaga, Nyong, Kribi and Ivindo (Ogowe basin) rivers (Ref. 81639).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 1;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-13;
Anal
soft rays: 8. Diagnosis: mouth inferior; one pair of barbels, sometimes two; anterior barbel, if present very small; posterior barbel 0.5x eye diameter (Ref. 81639).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lévêque, C. and J. Daget, 1984. Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. 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. 2801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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