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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Limbochromis: Greek, limbos = sensual + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Tyson Royal Roberts (d: 1940) is an American naturalist and evolutionary biologist who has devoted most of his life to studying biodiversity, particularly that of fishes, throughout the tropics. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre demersal; pH range: 6.0 - ? ; dH range: 5 - ?. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 8°N - 5°N
Africa: Endemic to the upper tributaries of the Pra basin in Ghana (Ref. 53405).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5657)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 15 - 16; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 8. Diagnosis: body depth 34.5-35.2% of standard length; interorbital space 24.4-27.8% of head length; 15 or 16 dorsal-fin spines; 23 lateral-line scales (Ref. 53405).
Only found in small, shallow and well-shaded forested creeks with flowing waters; diet consists primarily of detritus and algae, and to a lesser degree shrimp eggs; pair-bonding cave spawner; facultative, larvophilic mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307). Maximum TL was recorded at 10.0 cm (Ref. 5657).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Daget, J., 1991. Limbochromis. p. 242. 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. 5657)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01445 (0.00671 - 0.03113), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (12 of 100). 🛈 |