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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pseudosimochromis: Greek, pseudes = false + Latin, simo = to crash th nose + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch.
Eponymy: Professor Margaret Mary Smith née Macdonald (1916–1987) (See Smith, MM) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Tropical; 3°S - 5°S
Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, but only known from the Kigoma area in Tanzania (Ref. 6770, 46829, 49183).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 49183)
Occurs in vegetated areas near the rocks and stones in the littoral region of the lake; area of collection was strewn with harbour debris, and was heavily vegetated with macrophytes and algae-covered rocks; collected at 2-6m depth (Ref. 49183). Inhabits shallow sediment-rich habitats (Ref. 46829). Feeds on algae which is picked from the rocks (Ref. 46829).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Axelrod, G.S. and J.A. Harrison, 1978. Simochromis margaretae, a new species of cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika. Spec. Publ. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 19:16 p. (Ref. 49183)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [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).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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