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Teleostei (teleosts) >
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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Danakilia: Ethiopia desert; for Thysvander Audenaerde (1968) it is a fish from northeast Africa.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 15°N - 13°N
Africa: Lake Afdera [= Afrera or Giulietti], Danakil Depression, in northern Ethiopia (Ref. 85754).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5626)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10; Vertebrae: 27. Lower pharyngeal bone short. Pharyngeal teeth in adult including a group of enlarged, flattened teeth. Scales of chest and belly very small, non-imbrication but contiguous. Scales of flank with rugose calculi in the exposed part. Scales on cheek in 2 or 3 series. No micro-branchiospines.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Trewavas, E. and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Danakilia. p. 75. 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. 5626)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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