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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Common in the floodplain regions and major tibutaries of the Upper Zambezi river. Also recorded from the Kafue river near its junction with the Lufupa river. Also Ref. 28669, 52307.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Winemiller, K.O. and L.C. Kelso-Winemiller, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Kromkop-kurper, 驼背鮨丽鱼, Mushuna, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Africa: upper Zambezi River, Zambia and Okavango drainage in Botswana and Namibia (Ref. 27496). Also reported from the Zambezi and Okavango in Angola (Ref. 120641).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 30.0, range 28 - 32.5 cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 3.9 kg (Ref. 40637)

Predatory species, most active during twilight and at night (Ref. 52307). Feeds primarily on nocturnal mormyrid and schilbeid fishes (Ref. 27496). Breeding takes place at the beginning of summer (Ref. 52307).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

Winemiller, K.O. and L.C. Kelso-Winemiller, 1991. Serranochromis altus, a new species of piscivorous cichlid (Teleostei: Perciformes) form the Upper Zambezi River. Copeia 1991(3):675-686. (Ref. 27496)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2007

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Serranochromis altus Winemiller & Kelso-Winemiller, 1991