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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Ptychochrominae						
							
							Etymology: Paratilapia: Greek, para = side, near + Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.						
					Issue   
The genus Paratilapia is endemic to Madagascar, but the correct generic placement of this species is unknown (tentatively in HaplochromisHilgendorf, 1888  in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870), that we reserv only for Lake Victoria catchment).  Please send references, or more studies are needed.
			
			
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Freshwater;  benthopelagic. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Africa:  only known from Lusambo (Sankuru River system, Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) (Ref. 46253).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 46253)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Daget, J., J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa, CLOFFA, Volume 4. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels. 740 p. (Ref. 4947)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  3.3   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resilience  (Ref. 
120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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