| Family: |
Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Max. size: |
12 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin, from Mbandaka to the Upemba lakes, including most of the Ubangi-Uele drainage, the lower Ruki, lower Mongala (Ref. 52248), Itimbiri, Ituri-Aruwimi, Lindi-Tshopo (Ref. 52248, 106290), Lomami (Ref. 106245), Wagenia Falls (Ref. 52248, 106245), Lualaba including the Luvua, and the upper Lualaba up to the Upemba lakes (Ref. 52248). |
| Diagnosis: |
Description: head robust; lips thickened; frontal profile more concave than in congeners; nuchal hump often present in both females and males, though better developed in the former; swimbladder reduced (Ref. 52307).
Coloration: body pale to dark gray; some silvery spots may be visible on the body scales, but always much less developed and much more faint than in L. congoensis; blackish margins on body scales form a pattern of dark lines running dorsally to ventrally (at an angle)(Ref. 52307). |
| Biology: |
Rheophilic; pair-bonding, cave spawner (Ref. 52307). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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