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Eponymy: Yakov (later Jacques) Schwetz (1847–1957) was a Russian-born Belgian physician-entomologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 25°C - ? (Ref. 12468); 0°S - 8°S
Africa: endemic to the Fwa River (Lubu River tributary, Sankuru drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 13455).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5691)
Moderately rheophilic; herbivorous, feeding on algae, diatoms and higher plants; ovophilic, agamous, maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kullander, S.O. and T.R. Roberts, 1991. Schwetzochromis. p. 439. 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. 5691)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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