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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Diplotaxodon: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, taxis = disposition + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr David Henry Eccles (1932-2021) was a British ichthyologist, limnologist and naturalist who was Senior Fisheries Research Officer of Malawi. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; rango de profundidad ? - 80 m (Ref. 30390). Tropical; 12°S - 15°S
Africa: known only from the holotype, trawled off Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5628)
Occurs in open water at mostly deep levels but infrequently taken by trawl nets. Feeds mainly on the lake sardine, Engraulicypris sardella (Ref. 5595).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Maréchal, C., 1991. Diplotaxodon. p. 79. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5628)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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