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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pharyngochromis: Greek, pharyngx = pharynx + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Captain James Johnston ffolliott Darling (1859–1929) was an Irish naturalist, zoological collector and prospector in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
экология
; пресноводный демерсальный. Tropical
Africa: Okavango and the upper Save-Runde Rivers, Zambezi River system in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Ref. 5596). Also reported from the Kunene in Angola (Ref. 11970). Reported from upper tributaries of the Kasai (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 11970) questionable and unconfirmed.
Size / Вес / Возраст
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL самец/пол неопределен; (Ref. 5596)
Very adaptive, found in almost every habitat type within its distributional range; feeds mainly on small fish, aquatic insects and crustaceans; females only spawn once a year, around September during the rainy season; spawns of approximately 200 eggs per female are possible; males excavate shallow craters in shallow waters for spawning (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior
половая зрелость | размножение | нерест | икра | Fecundity | личинки
Balon, E.K., 1974. Fishes of Lake Kariba, Africa. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 3126)
Статус Красного Списка МСОП (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Угроза для людей
Harmless
Использование человеком
рыболовство: не имеет хозяйственного значения
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