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Etymology: Boulengerochromis: From George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937); he revised the works of Günther about Percoidei + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist at the British Museum, London. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
ນິເວດວິທະຍາ
; ນ້ຳຈືດ ກ່ຽວກັບ (ຢູ່) ໄກ້ໜ້ານ້ຳໃນທະເລເປີດ; pH range: 9.0 - ? ; dH range: 10 - ?; ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ ? - 85 m. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: Endemic to and widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika.
Length at first maturity / ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age
Maturity: Lm 40.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 102824); ນ້ຳໜັກສູງສຸດທີ່ເຄຍຈັດພີມມາ: 4.5 kg (Ref. 681)
Inhabits near-shore surface waters. Firm flesh is highly valued (Ref. 4967). Largest African cichlid (Ref. 4537).
Deposits eggs in abandoned nests of other cichlids, in between stones, or in the sand, if no nests are available (Ref. 7343).
Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Boulengerochromis. p. 27-28. 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. 4976)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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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=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ (Ref.
120179): ຂະໜາດກາງ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງເທົ່າ 1.4 - 4.4 ປີ (K=0.56; tm=2.5; Fec=10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 77.4 [35.8, 153.1] mg/100g; Iron = 1.7 [0.9, 3.4] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [18.1, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.549 [0.199, 1.613] g/100g; Selenium = 70.3 [28.3, 170.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.8 [8.5, 138.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.09 [0.73, 1.74] mg/100g (wet weight);