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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Parananochromis: Greek, para = the side of + Latin, nannus = small + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; pH range: 6.0 - ? ; dH range: ? - 2. Tropical; 23°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060)
Africa: drainages of the Lokundje, Nyong, Ntem and Dja (Cameroon) (Ref. 81260). Also in the Ntem system in Gabon (Ref. 81260) and Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 5673). Restricted to forested areas (Ref. 5673).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 81260)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 14 - 16; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 12; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 6 - 8. Diagnosis: lachrymal plus four tubular infraorbitals; slight gap between third and fourth tubular infraorbital; snout rounded; soft dorsal and anal fins, and caudal fin usually densely marked with vertically aligned rows of maculae in both sexes, those on caudal fin coalesced and usually forming a series of vertical bands (Ref. 81260).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Monogamous, biparental, substrate spawner displaying some degree of sexual dichromatism (Ref. 81260). Pair-bonding, cave spawner (Ref. 52307).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Spawns in caves.
Daget, J., 1991. Parananochromis. p. 356-357. 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. 5673)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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=0.01445 (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) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (tm<1). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (15 of 100). 🛈 |