Brycinus affinis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : African tetras ; Inhabits rivers [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 789 meters (2,589 feet).[2]

Biome: Freshwater [3].

Ecology: The species occupies open waters or the pelagic environment. It migrates up the rivers for spawning during the rainy season . It is carnivorous , feeding on invertebrates , especially zooplankton , snails and insect larvae.[3].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Alestes affinis Günther • Brycinus affinis

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: In Myers 1929.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 05-Dec-1995

Species may be confined to Lower regions only (Seegers et al. 2003)[3].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Brycinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. affinis (Redfin Robber) · B. brevis (African Tetras) · B. ferox (Large-Toothed Lake Turkana Robber) · B. grandisquamis (Pinkfin Alestes (FB)) · B. imberi (Spot-Tailed Robber) · B. jacksonii (Victoria Robber) · B. lateralis (Stripe-Tailed Robber) · B. longipinnis (Long-Fin Tetra) · B. macrolepidotus (True Big-Scale Tetra) · B. minutus (Dwarf Lake Turkana Robber) · B. nurse (Nurse Shark) · B. sadleri (Sadler's Robber)

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Further Reading

• Eccles, D.H. (1992). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. FAO, Rome. 145 p.
• IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
• Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
• Paugy, D. (1984). Characidae. p. 140-183. 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.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Hanssens, M & Snoeks, J. 2010. Brycinus affinis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kottelat, Maurice (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 146077
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-20336
• Fishbase Species ID: 11079
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 640378
• IUCN ID: 196129
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1472910

Footnotes

1. Eccles, D.H. (1992). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. FAO, Rome. 145 p. [back]
2. Standard Deviation = 833.760 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Hanssens, M & Snoeks, J. 2010. Brycinus affinis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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