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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Ectodus: Greek, ek = from, of, out + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Captain Georges Descamps was a Belgian officer who was prominent in the fight against slave traders in East Africa. He was captain and commandant of the Belgian antislavery movement at Lake Tanganyika. He obtained the type and sent it to Boulenger. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika; widespread.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5631)
Gregarious; found over coarse sand bottoms. Feeds on microorganisms, diatoms and algae (Ref. 6770).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Ectodus. p. 84. 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. 5631)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
2.5 ±0.24 se; based on food items. |
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 (13 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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