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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Benthochromis: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: M (probably Monsieur) Tricot, Director of the Great Lakes Railroad Company (Albertville), was honoured for his interest in and concern for the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika (1946–1947), during which the type was collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 23°C - 25°C (Ref. 12468); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5606)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 16 - 18; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 12; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 11; Vértebra: 35 - 37. Diagnosis: eye length equal to or longer than snout length (101-129%); usually a total of 28-29 dorsal fin rays; pelvic fins of large males <25% standard length; no distinct pearl-grey longitudinal line through the upper end of the pectoral fin base; 2 longitudinal pearl-grey lines on body (Ref. 74417).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Feeds on small crustaceans as well as plankton (Ref. 7343). Mouthbrooder (Ref. 74417).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mouthbrooder (Ref. 74417).
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Benthochromis. p. 25-26. 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. 5606)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [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) |
3.5 ±0.48 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec<1000). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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