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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pharyngochromis: Greek, pharyngx = pharynx + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Captain James Johnston ffolliott Darling (1859–1929) was an Irish naturalist, zoological collector and prospector in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
; süßwasser demersal. Tropical
Africa: Okavango and the upper Save-Runde Rivers, Zambezi River system in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Ref. 5596). Also reported from the Kunene in Angola (Ref. 11970). Reported from upper tributaries of the Kasai (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 11970) questionable and unconfirmed.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5596)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Very adaptive, found in almost every habitat type within its distributional range; feeds mainly on small fish, aquatic insects and crustaceans; females only spawn once a year, around September during the rainy season; spawns of approximately 200 eggs per female are possible; males excavate shallow craters in shallow waters for spawning (Ref. 52307).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Balon, E.K., 1974. Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 3126)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: weniger kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01349 (0.00764 - 0.02382), b=2.98 (2.83 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.44 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
2.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.5). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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