Author: (Joannis, 1835)
FBname: Silversides
Remark: Three subspecies were described on the basis of different morphological characters: <i>tchadense</i> Blache, 1964, <i>soudanensis</i> and <i>eburneensis</i> Paugy, 1986.  However they should rather be considered as populations having equivalent ecological characteristics (D. Paugy, pers,comm 21 Mar. 2013).
Comments: Mainly diurnal.  There is considerable flexibility in its diet, <i>A. baremoze</i> shifts from zooplankton to zoobenthos, detritus and macrophytes as plankton densities decline (Ref. 28714).  Occurs at a temperature range of 14.6-35.0°C.  In the Malamfatori area (Tchad), seine-net fishery on the River Yobe depends on seasonal upstream (from Lake Chad) and downstream migration during the flood (August-December) and dry (January-March) seasons, respectively.  Also, there is an intensive gillnet fishery from July-October at the river mouth.  <i>A. baremoze</i> moves offshore (in Lake Chad) beginning March.