| Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| 7.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| Africa: rapids of the lower Congo River, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 42510, 52307, 104438) and Republic of Congo (Ref. 52307). Type locality "Matadi" (Ref. 94498) probably erroneous. |
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Diagnosis: rounded to slightly flattened body; differs from T. brichardi and T. depressum in the possession of a lower number of body scales pored by the lateral-line system (33-35); some males with several vertical rows of maculae in caudal fin; snout slightly more pointed than in T. brichardi; eyes in a somewhat more elevated position (Ref. 52307).
Description: body slender and elongated; swim bladder reduced; scales very small; a single lateral line (Ref. 52307). |
| Rheophilic; pair-bonding, cave spawner (Ref. 52307). |
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Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 (D2) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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