Burundi country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Found in Rusizi (Ref. 41363, 98755), Malagarazi River, affluents of Lake Tanganyika and Upper Nile system (Ref. 98755).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Banyankimbona, G., E. Vreven, G. Ntakimazi and J. Snoeks, 2012
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Classificatie / Names

Sarcopterygii (kwastvinnigen) (lobe-finned fishes) > Lepidosireniformes (South American and African lungfishes) > Protopteridae (African lungfishes)
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Common names from other countries

Lungfish, Lung-fish, 埃塞俄比非洲肺鱼, ... more

Voornaamste referentie

Gosse, J.-P. 1984. (Ref. 3498)
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Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Max length : 200 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 34290); common length : 130 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 34290); Maximaal gepubliceerd gewicht: 17.0 kg (Ref. 13302)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 70 - 76 cm

Omgeving

; zoetwater demersaal; diepteverspreiding 0 - 60 m (Ref. 34291), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 34291)

Klimaat / Range

Tropical; 25°C - 30°C (Ref. 2059), preferred ?

Verspreiding

Africa: Congo basin (Protopterus aethiopicus congicus and P. a. mesmaekersi), Nile basin and Lakes Albert, Edward, Victoria, Nabugabo, Tanganyika, Kyoga, No (Ref. 3498) and Turkana (Ref. 52331) (P. a. aethiopicus).
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Korte beschrijving

Smooth, slimy, cylindrical body with deeply embedded scales (Ref. 28714). Tail pointed and confluent with the long dorsal and anal fins; dorsal fin originating at an equal distance from the eye and the vent, or nearer to the latter; pectoral and pelvic fins slender and filamentous (Ref. 34290). 55-70 scales in a longitudinal series from immediately behind the head to above the vent; 40-50 scales around body (Ref. 4903, Ref. 45485). Ribs: 37-40 pairs (Ref. 4903). The dentition consisting of upper and lower tooth-plates in the form of sharp cutting ridges (Ref. 34290). Young fishes with true external gills, but usually absent in specimens greater than 15 cm TL (Ref. 34290). Dark slate-grey above, yellowish-grey or pinkish below; often with numerous dark spots or flecks on the fins and body (some specimens bright yellow ventrally); sensory canals on head and body are outlined in black (Ref. 34290).

Adults inhabit river and lake fringes, swamps and floodplains (Ref. 28714). In Lake Victoria, they are found in open lakes and marginal swamps, in Lake Tanganyika basin, they occur only near rivers and deltas (Ref. 4967). Juveniles are found in the matted roots of papyrus (Ref. 34291). Adults are able to live in streams and swamps which are completely dry for long periods of the year (Ref. 45484). They withstand desiccation on floodplains by aestivating in cocoons until the next rains, breathing air by a small passage leading to the outside (Ref. 45484). Mature individuals breed during flood season (Ref. 28714). One or several females spawn in burrows which are dug and cleaned by the male, who later guards the eggs and the young. The principal diet of adults and sub-adults consists of mollusks, but small fishes and insects are also eaten in small quantities; young individuals less than 35 cm TL feed almost wholly on insects (Ref. 34291). Under laboratory conditions it is an obligatory air breather (Ref. 34291), but under certain conditions lungfish in the wild may not be obligate air breathers and the use of aerial respiration may be a function of ecological as well as physiological factors (Ref. 58531).

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 115185)

Niet bedreigd (LC)

Gevaarlijk voor mensen

Harmless

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van minder commercieel belang

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.6602 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.4 ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.

Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 69278)
laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (Assuming tmax > 30; Fec = 468)

Kwetsbaarheid (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100)

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1851