Stripped robber (Brycinus lateralis)

Scientific name: Brycinus lateralis Boulenger, 1900

Stripped robber (Brycinus lateralis)

The Stripped robber (Brycinus lateralis) is a freshwater fish of the family Alestidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17. A slimmer fish than B. imberi without a spot behind the head, but with a pronounced black lateral band (normally only visible on dead material) which ends in a caudal dash extending right through the caudal fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Brycinus lateralis
Family
Alestidae (African tetras)
Order
Characiformes (Characins)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
14.0
Environment
Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Africa: Luapula, Kasa?, Upper Lulua, Lakes Dilolo and Mweru in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Upper to Lower Zambezi, Kafue, Cubango, Okovango, Lake Kariba of the Zambezi basin; north of Tugela to south of Pongola, Natal.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; bait: occasionally
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1)

Sources

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

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