Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 6°N - 3°N
Africa: known only from the Nyong basin in Cameroon (Ref. 52307, 81260).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5163)
Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Diagnosis: 9 or fewer rakers on lower limb of first arch; pearly spots on cheek and opercle; bluish pearly oblique band across dorsal fin from base of first spine to posterior border of soft rays; outer row jaw teeth slender and rather pointed; 2 scale rows on cheek (rarely 3); dorsal fin with 13-15 spines and 10-13 soft rays (total of 25-27 fin rays) (Ref. 81260).
Pair-bonding, open (Ref. 52307) substrate brooder (Ref. 52307, 81260), with both parents guarding the brood (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Dunz, A.R. and U.K. Schliewen, 2013. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as "Tilapia". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 68(1):64-80. (Ref. 93285)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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