FB-60326 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60326 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Procatopodidae Plataplochilus Plataplochilus chalcopyrus Lambert, 1963 2003-05-20 2021-10-25 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Lamboj, A.0 Revision des Chromidotilapia batesii/finleyi-Komplexes (Teleostei, Perciformes), mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und dreier neuer Arten. Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 2:11-47. (Ref. 39874) Lamboj, A.0 The cichlid fishes of Western Africa. Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, Germany. 255 p. (Ref. 52307) Stiassny, M.L.J., A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt and G.G. Teugels0 Cichlidae. p. 269-403. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Volume 2. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 42. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 603p. (Ref. 81260) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-60334 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60334 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Pair-bonding, ovophilic mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307, 81260) with delayed uptake (Ref. 81260). Spawns on open substrates (Ref. 81260). Both parents can brood offspring (Ref. 52307, 81260). Lamboj, A. 2001 Revision des Chromidotilapia batesii/finleyi-Komplexes (Teleostei, Perciformes), mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und dreier neuer Arten. Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 2:11-47. (Ref. 39874) FB-DiagnosticDescr-60334 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2018-01-18 22:16:22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60334 Diagnosis: dorsal fin membrane pale, without dense black band; vertical bars on flanks usually strongly marked; males with rows of dark maculae over entire caudal membrane, females with yellow-orange belly (Ref. 81260).Description: body depth 34.0-38.8% SL; head length 34.1-38.0% SL; caudal peduncle deeper than long or slightly longer than deep; some dorsal and anal fin rays elongated (in males slightly more elongate than in females); caudal fin rounded in both sexes (Ref. 81260).Coloration: body (dark) brown, paler ventrally (Ref. 52307, 81260). 4-6 well marked, vertical bars usually present on flanks, sometimes these are overlapped by 2 horizontal bands (particularly when stressed)(Ref. 52307, 81260). Dorsal fin and upper part of caudal with red margin (Ref. 81260). Females with chrome-colored/iridescent whitish to yellow region in soft dorsal, sometimes upper third of caudal also with such coloration; males with numerous rows of dark red maculae over entire caudal membrane (Ref. 52307, 81260). Juveniles with a "tilapia spot" that is retained in adults (Ref. 81260). Cheek and opercle with bluish/turquoise to light green iridescent flush (Ref. 52307, 81260). Lower lips white to light blue (Ref. 81260). Belly and flanks of ripe females with yellow to orange coloration (Ref. 52307, 81260). Males with well-developed dark margins on body scales; mostmales with black markings on soft dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 52307). Lamboj, A. 2001 Revision des Chromidotilapia batesii/finleyi-Komplexes (Teleostei, Perciformes), mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und dreier neuer Arten. Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 2:11-47. (Ref. 39874) FB-Morphology-60334 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2018-01-18 22:16:22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60334 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8 Lamboj, A. 2001 Revision des Chromidotilapia batesii/finleyi-Komplexes (Teleostei, Perciformes), mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und dreier neuer Arten. Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 2:11-47. (Ref. 39874) FB-Distribution-60334 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2011-03-02 17:24:27 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60334 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: known only from rivers and creeks in north-west Cameroon in the region of the Korup National Park (Ref. 81260). Lamboj, A. 2001 Revision des Chromidotilapia batesii/finleyi-Komplexes (Teleostei, Perciformes), mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und dreier neuer Arten. Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 2:11-47. (Ref. 39874) FB-Size-60334 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60334 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 8.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 39874)) Lamboj, A. 2001 Revision des Chromidotilapia batesii/finleyi-Komplexes (Teleostei, Perciformes), mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und dreier neuer Arten. Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 2:11-47. (Ref. 39874) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-60334 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60334 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration benthopelagic; freshwater