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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Plecodus: Greek, plekein = to fold + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Captain Elavia Nairman was the commander of the steamer ‘Baron Dhanis’ at Lake Tanganyika during most of the scientific cruises undertaken by the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission (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 demersal. Tropical; 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5681)
Forms schools. Feeds on the scales of other fish. A bi-parental mouthbrooder with both parents caring for their offspring (Ref. 7343).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Plecodus. p. 383-386. 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. 5681)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.4 ±0.80 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). 🛈 |