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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Paragobiocichla: ‘Para’ from Greek παρά (pará), meaning, among other meanings, ‘side by side’, and ‘gobiocichla’, an allusion to the genus Gobiocichla Kanazawa, 1951.
Eponymy: Dr Frederick Robert Irvine (1898–1962) was a botanist and science teacher who made a collection of fishes near Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Trewavas.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Γλυκού νερού βενθικό(ς). Tropical; 24°C - 27°C (Ref. 2059); 10°N - 5°N
Africa: endemic to the Volta River drainage in Ghana and Burkina Faso (Ref. 7378, 122069).
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.7 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5696)
Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 20 - 21; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 8 - 10; Εδρικές άκανθες: 3; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 6 - 8.
Less rheophilic and a more active swimmer than Steatocranus species (Ref. 52307). Maximum TL was recorded at 13.4 cm (Ref. 5696).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
Snoeks, J. and G. De Boeck, 1991. Steatocranus. p. 460-461. 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. 5696)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00958 - 0.03300), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Ελαστικότητα (Ref.
120179): Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (tm<1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).