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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Aulonocranus: Greek, aulos = flute + Greek, kranion = skull (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Widespread in Lake Tanganyika. Also found in the Rusisi and Lukuga rivers.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5603)
Semi-pelagic roamers and drifting plankton pickers which occur over sandy bottoms in schools of several hundred fish (Ref. 6770). Females brood their young in the mouth (Ref. 86760).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Eggs from the cleavage phase up to larvae of around 1.63 cm TL are mouthbrooded by female parents with size ranging from 7.0 to 9.0 cm SL (Ref. 86760).
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Aulonocranus. p. 18-19. 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. 5603)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00700 - 0.03275), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 1.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=1.1; assuming Fec<1000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).