Burundi country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Lake Tanganyika.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Travers, R.A., G. Eynikel and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1986
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Synbranchiformes (Spiny eels) > Mastacembelidae (Spiny eels)
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Common names from other countries

Gamba nioka, 坎氏非洲盲刺鳅, 坎氏非洲盲刺鰍, ... more

Main reference

Travers, R.A., G. Eynikel and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde. 1986. (Ref. 6060)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 58.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6060)

Environment

Freshwater; benthopelagic

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 3°S - 9°S

Distribution

Africa: Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 6060). In the Lukuga River (Lake Tanganyika outflow), known up to the Kisimba-Kilia rapids (Ref. 93587).
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Short description

Vertebrae: 89

Occurs in littoral zones with rocky, sandy or muddy bottoms (Ref. 6060).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: potential

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906