Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; non migrateur. Tropical; 10°N - 5°N
Africa: Bia, Tano and Pra Rivers (southeast Côte d'Ivoire and southwest Ghana) as well as in Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana (Ref. 53405).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5163)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 14 - 16; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 15; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: lower pharyngeal bone about as long as broad, and with anterior lamella shorter than toothed area; median pharyngeal teeth not broadened; upper profile of head strongly convex; dorsal fin with 14-16 spines and 12-15 soft rays; flanks and belly whitish; head, back and flanks with irregular black spots; no bifurcated dark vertical bars on flanks; dorsal and anal without orange-red upper margin; caudal greyish to blackish (Ref. 53405).
Mainly herbivorous, but also takes small amounts of crustaceans and insects (Ref. 52307). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Pair-bonding, open (Ref. 52307) substrate brooder/spawner, with both parents guarding the brood (Ref. 52307, 55659). Eggs are laid and incubated in nests (Ref. 55659).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Courtship occurs as male circular displays around the females. Unresponsive females are chased away from the spawning area by the males. Distinct pairing (Ref. 205) is resorted to after courtship. Each couple prepares the nest in a chosen suitable substrate where the eggs are laid in batches, fertilised, incubated and hatched. Both parents guard the eggs from intruders.
Dunz, A.R. and U.K. Schliewen, 2013. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as "Tilapia". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 68(1):64-80. (Ref. 93285)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [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). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
2.6 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 224 [123, 476] mg/100g; Iron = 2.01 [1.10, 4.06] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.1, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.399 [0.151, 1.129] g/100g; Selenium = 46.8 [21.5, 116.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 31.4 [7.5, 93.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.43 [1.57, 3.81] mg/100g (wet weight); |