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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Haplochromis: Greek, Haploos = single + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; rango de profundidad 1 - 6 m (Ref. 27668). Tropical
Africa: Lake Victoria.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm 6.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27668)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 15 - 17; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 11; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 10; Vértebra: 30.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits rocky shores. Usually solitary. Feeds mainly on filamentous Chlorophyta and Cyanophyta where it inhabits gentle slopes and on Cyanophyta and diatoms on steep slopes.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mouth brooder with maternal parental care. Male defends territories throughout the depth range down to 6 m, but territorial densities are higher at 2-4 m depth. Brooding female also defends small territories around a cave between rock boulders at various water depths.
Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes, 1998. Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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