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Etymology: Thoracochromis: Greek, thorax, -akos = cuiras, shell + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Poll & ThysvandenAudenaerde.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce démersal. Tropical; 25°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614); 2°S - 5°S

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Africa: endemic to the Fwa River (Sankuru River, Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 13455, 52307, 82322).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4983)

Mainly feeds on plants (e.g. Vallisneria aethiopica) but also on algae and detritus; ovophilic, agamous, maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Mouthbrooding by females.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborateurs

van Oijen, M.J.P., J. Snoeks, P.H. Skelton, C. Maréchal and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Haplochromis. p. 100-184. 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. 4983)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Thoracochromis brauschi (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)