| Family: |
Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Max. size: |
12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; pH range: 6 - 8; dH range: 5 - 12 |
| Distribution: |
Africa: River Kolenté (=Great Scarcies) in Guinea to the middle course of St. Paul and St. John Rivers in Liberia (Ref. 53405). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 17-18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 6-8. Diagnosis: single series of conical teeth in jaws; body depth 24.4-35.2% of standard length; dorsal fin with 17-18 spines and 9-10 soft rays (Ref. 53405).
Description: head relatively long; snout pointed; frontal profile normally slightly rounded; mouth situated in a relatively inferior position; caudal fin rounded to more rhomboid; males (and rarely females) may possess slightly elongated rays in upper lobe of caudal fin (Ref. 52307). Outer and inner jaw teeth unicuspid, pharyngeal jaw teeth bicuspid; no micro-gillrakers; scales cycloid (Ref. 53405).
Coloration: great differences in colour pattern among populations exist; body brownish, belly yellowish to reddish and rather indistinct longitudinal band extending from snout to caudal fin; throat and cheeks yellow or turquoise; dark spot on opercle; unpaired fins yellowish-red or white; dorsal fin dark- and light-spotted, its distal margin, as well as upper caudal margin, red; anal fin black-edged; pectoral fins hyaline; pelvic fins red, with outer rays dark (Ref. 53405). Females generally lighter in color than males, with a rosy belly that becomes red to violet when ripe, anterior of these rosy parts there is a blue iridescent zone (Ref. 52307). |
| Biology: |
Pair bonding cave spawner (Ref. 52307). Maximum SL was recorded at 9.5 cm (Ref. 7378). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 January 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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