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Pharyngochromis acuticeps (Steindachner, 1866)

Zambezi bream
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pharyngochromis: Greek, pharyngx = pharynx + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

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

; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल बेनथोपिलाजिक. Tropical; 15°S - 17°S

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | Point map | भूमिका | Faunafri

Africa: Zambezi River system in Zambia, Zimbabwe (Ref. 4983, 47334, 97232) and Angola (Ref. 120641), the Save-Runde system (Ref. 47334), Kunene (Ref. 120641), Okavango and Quanza River in Angola (Ref. 47334, 120641). The types of the species are from an unknown locality in Angola (Ref. 4983, 47334).

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4983)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Very adaptive, found across varying habitats; agamous, ovophilic, maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | पुनरुत्पत्ति | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | लार्वा

Mouthbrooding by females.

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Kullander, Sven O. | सहयोगीयो

Greenwood, P.H., 1992. A revision and redescription of the monotypic cichlid genus Pharyngochromis (Teleostei, Labroidei). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 58(1):37-52. (Ref. 47334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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