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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Orthochromis: Greek, ortho = straight + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: endemic to the Upper Malagarasi drainage in Burundi (Ref. 28906).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 28906)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 16 - 18; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 9 - 10; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 9 - 10; Vértebras: 29 - 32.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Often encountered in swift running waters, but occasionally in more quiet rivulets; numerous algae belonging to Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Cyanophyceae found in gut; mouthbrooder (Ref. 28906).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
A mouthbrooding species. The ovaries of a ripening female of 5.36 cm SL contained only 15 eggs.
De Vos, L. and L. Seegers, 1998. Seven new Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Malagarasi, Luiche and Rugufu basins (Lake Tanganyika drainage), with notes on their reproductive biology. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(4):371-420. (Ref. 28906)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaçada (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 31 January 2006
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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