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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Grammatotria: Greek, gramma, -atos = mark, signal + Greek, tres, tria = three.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch; pH range: 7.4 - 8.4; dH range: 7 - 30. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika; widespread.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5640)
Adults in aggregation roam over sandy bottoms. Probably carnivorous, feed on mollusks and diatoms (Ref. 6770). Females brood their young in the mouth (Ref. 86760).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Larvae of up to 1.32 cm TL are mouthbrooded by female parents 16.5 cm SL long (Ref. 86760).
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Grammatotria. p. 97-98. 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. 5640)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00700 - 0.03275), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.32 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).