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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Sargochromis: Greek, sargos = sargus + see under Chromis.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical, preferred ?; 11°S - 21°S

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Africa: Okavango River, upper Zambezi River, Lake Kariba and the Kafue River (Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 11.3, range 10 - 12.5 cm
Max length : 34.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13337); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 7248); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 7248)

Favors deep permanent floodplain channel and lagoons, with sandy bottom and vegetation. Feeds on aquatic insects, crustaceans and snails. A female mouthbrooder; males construct a nest where the eggs are initially laid. Mature at 10-12 cm length. Useful snail control agent (Ref. 7248).

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A mouth brooder, excavating a small sandscrape nest.

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

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 109396)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01622 (0.00770 - 0.03415), b=3.03 (2.85 - 3.21), based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.54 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2; tmax=5.5).

Prior r = 0.7, 2 SD range = 0.33 - 1.50, log(r) = -0.36, SD log(r) = 0.38, Based on: 1 K, 2 tgen, 1 tmax, 1 Fec records

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Sargochromis carlottae (Boulenger, 1905)