Torpedo robber (Alestes macrophthalmus)

Scientific name: Alestes macrophthalmus G?nther, 1867

Torpedo robber (Alestes macrophthalmus)

The Torpedo robber (Alestes macrophthalmus) is a freshwater fish of the family Alestidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 17 - 23. Silvery body, back darker bluish or greenish, lower sides and ventral part white. Pectorals and ventrals sometimes blackish. Well developed fontanel. See additional characters for A. baremoze for sexual dimorphism in Alestes species.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Alestes macrophthalmus
Family
Alestidae (African tetras)
Order
Characiformes (Characins)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Environment
Freshwater; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Africa: Essentially from the Congo basin, but also known from the Cross River in Nigeria and some coastal basins of Cameroon. Also known from Ogowe River in Gabon, Lake Tanganyika and Cuanza and Luculla Rivers in Angola.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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