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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Sargochromis: Greek, sargos = sargus + see under Chromis.
Eponymy: Charlotte Sclater was the wife of the zoologist William Lutley Sclater (1863–1944) (q.v.) who was Director of the South African Museum, and who presented the type to the British Museum (Natural History). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
; sötvatten bottenlevande. Tropical; 11°S - 21°S
Africa: Okavango River, upper Zambezi River, Lake Kariba and the Kafue River (Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
Längd vid första mognad / Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm 11.3, range 10 - 12.5 cm
Max length : 34.5 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 13337); publicerad maxvikt: 1.0 kg (Ref. 7248); rapporterad maxålder: 6 år (Ref. 7248)
Favors deep permanent floodplain channel and lagoons, with sandy bottom and vegetation (Ref. 7248, 52307). Feeds on aquatic insects, crustaceans and snails (Ref. 7248). Ovophilic, agamous (Ref. 52307) female mouthbrooder (Ref. 7248, 52307). Males construct a nest where the eggs are initially laid; mature at 10-12 cm length; useful snail control agent (Ref. 7248).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
A mouth brooder, excavating a small sandscrape nest.
Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Serranochromis. p. 442-453. 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. 5693)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Hot mot människor
Harmless
Mänskliga användningsområden
Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01862 (0.00900 - 0.03851), b=3.02 (2.85 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.54 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
1.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (tm=2; tmax=5.5). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (21 of 100). 🛈 |
Priskategori (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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