Scientific Name
Nannocharax macropterus

Common Name
Broad-barred citharine

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8

Classification

Classified By

Pellegrin, 1926

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Characins (Characiformes)

Family

Distichodontidae (Distichodontidae)

Distribution

Region

Africa

Distribution

Africa: Upper Zambezi, Okavango, Kafue system, headwaters of the Kasa? and Lualaba areas of the Congo basin.

Range

11°S - 20°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

24 °C

Water Temperature To

28 °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

pelagic

Environment

Freshwater; pelagic

Trophic Level

3.45 s.e. 0.41 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

False

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

6.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries:

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)