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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pseudosimochromis: Greek, pseudes = false + Latin, simo = to crash th nose + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch.
More on author: Poll.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614); 3°S - 5°S
Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, widely distributed in the lake (Ref. 93886).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5694)
Medium-sized fish (Ref. 93886). Inhabits shallow sediment-rich habitats (Ref. 46829). Adults inhabit rubble areas in shallow water, often solitary (Ref. 6770). Feeds on biocover (Ref. 6770), which is picked from the rocks (Ref. 46829). Females brood their young in the mouth (Ref. 86760).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Eggs from the cleavage phase and larvae of up to 5.0 cm TL are mouthbrooded by female parents 6.8 to 8.3 cm SL in size (Ref. 86760).
Konings, A., 1998. Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press. 272 p. (Ref. 46829)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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