Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Present in the Lulua (Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 11970, 79015, 97233) and Lake Mweru up to the middle Luapula (Ref. 97233). Also Ref. 5693.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Trewavas, E., 1964
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Common names from other countries

Perskop-grootbek, 大头鮨丽鱼, Persgesig-grootbek, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Serranochromis: Latin, serra = saw + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce démersal. Tropical; 11°S - 21°S

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Africa: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the Cunene River system (Angola and Namibia); Okovango River and swamps; upper Zambezi system including Lake Cameia, Kafue River and Luangwa system (Ref. 5693). Luapula-Mweru, Lulua River, Angolan Kasai (upper and middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 5693, 97233) and Cuanza River in Angola (Ref. 120641).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 17.5, range 15 - 20 cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7248); poids max. publié: 1.5 kg (Ref. 5693); âge max. reporté: 6 années (Ref. 7248)

Common in a broad range of habitats from mainstream margins to floodplain channels and lagoons; preys on insects and small fish, including mormyrids and barbs, which are taken near the bottom; breeds in spring and early summer at low water before the annual floods arrive; relatively few eggs are laid and mouthbrooded; matures after 1-2 years (Ref. 7248). Agamous, maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307). Also caught with drawnets.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

A mouth brooding species.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborateurs

Skelton, P.H. and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Serranochromis. p. 442-453. 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. 5693)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00804 - 0.02483), b=3.02 (2.88 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.71 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm=2; tmax=5.5).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Serranochromis macrocephalus (Boulenger, 1899)