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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Thoracochromis: Greek, thorax, -akos = cuiras, shell + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Georges Brausch was a Belgian government official in the (then) Belgian Congo. He wrote: Belgian Administration in the Congo (1961). He collected the holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Poll & ThysvandenAudenaerde.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
بوم شناسي
; آب شيرين نزديك كف زي. Tropical; 25°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614); 2°S - 5°S
Africa: endemic to the Fwa River (Sankuru River, Kasai drainage, middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 13455, 52307, 82322).
Size / Weight / سن
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 4983)
Mainly feeds on plants (e.g. Vallisneria aethiopica) but also on algae and detritus; ovophilic, agamous, maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior
بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | تخم ها | Fecundity | توزاد ( لارو)
Mouthbrooding by females.
van Oijen, M.J.P., J. Snoeks, P.H. Skelton, C. Maréchal and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Haplochromis. p. 100-184. 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. 4983)
وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
خطر برای انسان ها
Harmless
استفاده انسانی
ابزارها
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
جهندگی (Ref.
120179): زياد, كمينه زمان لازم براي دو برابر شدن جمعيت ، كمتر از 15 ماه (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).