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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Parananochromis: Greek, para = the side of + Latin, nannus = small + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser demersal; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: 5 - 9. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)
Africa: present in the Ntem and associated drainages as well as the Ivindo and its tributaries, in Cameroon, Gabon (Ref. 81651) and Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 5673). Report from the Dja in Cameroon (Ref. 51193) is not confirmed in Ref. 81260 which considers this species as a Lower Guinea endemic.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.3 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 81260)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 14 - 16; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 9 - 11; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 6 - 8. Diagnosis: lachrymal plus four tubular infraorbitals, no gap between third and fourth tubular infraorbital (Ref. 81260).
Monogamous, biparental, substrate spawners displaying some degree of sexual dichromatism (Ref. 81260). Pair-bonding cave spawner (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Daget, J., 1991. Parananochromis. p. 356-357. 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. 5673)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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