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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Chromidotilapia: Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch + Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Poll, Thys, van, den & Audenaerde.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical; 1°N - 8°S
Africa: small tributaries of the middle Congo River at Yangambi (Ref. 4910, 111380), in the Wagenia Falls area (Ref. 106245) and in the Lualaba (upper Congo River basin) (Ref. 82321, 111380) in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5616)
Found in clear running water (Ref. 5616). Probably a mouthbrooding species (Ref. 52307). Maximum TL was recorded at 8.8 cm.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Female mouthbrooders.
Daget, J., 1991. Chromidotilapia. p. 47-50. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5616)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
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