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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pelmatochromis: Greek, pelma, -atos = sole of the foot + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Johan Büttikofer (1850–1927) was a Swiss zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 13614); 10°N - 4°N
Africa: in coastal rivers (Ref. 52307) from the upper Casamance River in Senegal up to the St. John River in Liberia (Ref. 53405).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.8 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 130826)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 13 - 15; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 13; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9.
Cross section: compressed.
Omnivorous, feeding on small items like detritus and insect larvae; probably an open substratum spawner (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Daget, J., 1991. Pelmatochromis. p. 361-362. 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. 5676)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01820 (0.01078 - 0.03072), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
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