Roundbelly pellonuline (Laeviscutella dekimpei)

Scientific name: Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll, Whitehead & Hopson, 1965

Roundbelly pellonuline (Laeviscutella dekimpei)

The Roundbelly pellonuline (Laeviscutella dekimpei) is a freshwater fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Occurs in rivers, chiefly near the coast and entering lagoons, where salinities vary with the tides. The species is presumably euryhaline, although it may escape high salinities. Ripe females of 3.5 to 4 cm SL were recorded in Lake Ebri?.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Laeviscutella dekimpei
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.0
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Africa: Lower reaches of rivers (Casamance River in Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo) in lagoons (Lake ?bri?, C?te d'Ivoire; Lake Noku?, Benin). Also recorded from the Niger.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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