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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Torinae
Eponymy: José Cardoso (also spelled Cardozo) was, according to the etymology, the Governor-General of Angola. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: Chiloango basin and Dja River (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 81639). Also reported from the Niari (Ref. 53765) and Loeme (Ref. 81639) but this needs confirmation. Report from the Inkisi (lower Congo River basin) based on a misidentification (Ref. 88779). Report from Eala (Ruki drainage in Democratic Republic of the Congo)(Ref. 41591) needs confirmation.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2801)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Radios blandos anales: 8. Diagnosis: mouth inferior; lips rather strongly developed, lower lip with a round mental lobe; two pairs of well-developed barbels, anterior pair a little shorter than the posterior pair, which are as long as, or longer than, eye diameter; lower jaw reaching to, or beyond, anterior margin of eye; last simple ray of dorsal fin strong and ossified, measuring 0.6-0.75x HL; no black stripes on caudal fin (Ref. 81639).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00218 - 0.01003), b=3.10 (2.90 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
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