Pronothobranchius seymouri : fisheries

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Pronothobranchius seymouri (Loiselle & Blair, 1971)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Pronothobranchius: Greek, pro = front of + Greek, nothos = bastard, false + Greek, brangchia = gill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Africa: Volta River drainage in Ghana (Ref. 95020).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95020); 4.7 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18; Vertebrae: 28. Diagnosis: It is distinguished from all congeners by the following unique combination of characters: males with entire flank covered in more than 50 reddish spots of which some are fused forming irregular laterally-elongated blotches, a few irregularly scattered dots on proximal portion of anal fin, pelvic fin reaching anal fin, dorsal fin tip reaching caudal fin, females with spots on flank but not on fins; dorsal fin with 14-17 rays, anal fin with 15-18 rays and 29-31 scales in median lateral series (Ref. 95020).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Valdesalici, S., 2013. Pronothobranchius chirioi n. sp. a new annual killifish species from the Niger River drainage, with redescriptions of P. kiyawensis, P. gambiensis and P. seymouri (Cyprinidontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Killi-Data Series 2013:21-41. (Ref. 95020)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 09 May 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries:
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).