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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Boulengerochromis: From George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937); he revised the works of Günther about Percoidei + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist at the British Museum, London. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch; pH range: 9.0 - ? ; dH range: 10 - ?; tiefenbereich ? - 85 m. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Endemic to and widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika.
Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm 40.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 102824); max. veröff. Gewicht: 4.5 kg (Ref. 681)
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Inhabits near-shore surface waters. Firm flesh is highly valued (Ref. 4967). Largest African cichlid (Ref. 4537).
Deposits eggs in abandoned nests of other cichlids, in between stones, or in the sand, if no nests are available (Ref. 7343).
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Boulengerochromis. p. 27-28. 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. 4976)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 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). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (K=0.56; tm=2.5; Fec=10,000). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈 |
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nährstoffe (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 77.4 [35.8, 153.1] mg/100g; Iron = 1.7 [0.9, 3.4] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [18.1, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.549 [0.199, 1.613] g/100g; Selenium = 70.3 [28.3, 170.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.8 [8.5, 138.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.09 [0.73, 1.74] mg/100g (wet weight); |