FB-60330 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60330 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Notothenioidei Channichthyidae Channichthys Channichthys velifer Meisner, 1974 2003-05-22 2024-03-26 Lamboj, A.0 Zur Cichlidenfauna des Biosphärenreservats von Dimonika (Mayombe, Kongo), mit Beschreibung zweier neuer Chromidotilapia-Arten (Teleostei, Perciformes). Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 1:139-156. (Ref. 47111) Lamboj, A.0 Chromidotilapia melaniae and C. nana, two new cichlid species (Perciformes, Cichlidae) from Gabon, Central Africa. Zootaxa 143:1-15. (Ref. 50577) Lamboj, A.0 The cichlid fishes of Western Africa. Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, Germany. 255 p. (Ref. 52307) Stiassny, M.L.J., A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt and G.G. Teugels0 Cichlidae. p. 269-403. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Volume 2. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 42. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 603p. (Ref. 81260) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-60336 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60336 Seems to prefer flowing, medium to large-sized rivers (Ref. 52307). Pair-bonding, ovophilic, biparental mouthbrooding species (Ref. 52307, 81260). Lamboj, A. 1999 Zur Cichlidenfauna des Biosphärenreservats von Dimonika (Mayombe, Kongo), mit Beschreibung zweier neuer Chromidotilapia-Arten (Teleostei, Perciformes). Verh. Ges. Ichthyol. 1:139-156. (Ref. 47111) FB-DiagnosticDescr-60336 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2018-01-24 18:27:23 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60336 Diagnosis: 15-20 gill rakers on first gill arch; no large spots on flanks; 4-6 bands or 2 rows of dark blotches and short horizontal lines usually visible when stressed; body depth 29.5-40.6%, mean 34.1% SL; lachrymal depth greater than 21% HL; base body colouration grey-brown; caudal fin rounded in both sexes; males and females of similar size (Ref. 81260).Description: relatively robust (body depth 29.5-40.6%, mean 34.1% SL); snout medium length (25.2-40.7%, mean 34.3% HL); relatively deep preorbital (21.1-26.8%, mean 23.6% HL); caudal peduncle normally deeper than long, very occasionally slightly longer than deep; 8-11 (median 10) tuberculate hypobranchial and ceratobranchial rakers, 5-8 (median 7) lanceolate epibranchial rakers; some dorsal and anal fin rays produced; caudal rounded to slightly subtruncate in both sexes; 1-2 rows of scales between 8th pored scale of upper lateral line and dorsal fin base (Ref. 81260).Coloration: base body coloration greyish brown, paler ventrally (Ref. 81260). Body scales in males with dark margination (Ref. 52307, 81260). Cheek and opercle with a bluish green iridescent flush; soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins in males with small violet maculae, which are not present in females; most of dorsal and often also upper parts of caudal fin in females with a blue-silvery coloration, reduced to a small silvery-white submarginal band in males; soft dorsal and caudal fins in males dark red, in females light blue or light red; anal bluish to violet in both sexes; dorsal fin and upper part of caudal with red margin in both sexes (Ref. 81260). Sometimes 2 rows of interrupted horizontal black stripes on flanks (Ref. 52307, 81260). Stiassny, M.L.J., A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt and G.G. Teugels 2008 Cichlidae. p. 269-403. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Volume 2. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 42. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 603p. (Ref. 81260) FB-Morphology-60336 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2018-01-24 18:27:23 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60336 Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 8 Stiassny, M.L.J., A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt and G.G. Teugels 2008 Cichlidae. p. 269-403. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Volume 2. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 42. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 603p. (Ref. 81260) FB-Distribution-60336 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2017-02-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60336 Africa: southwestern Gabon including the Nyanga, and western Republic of Congo including the Loeme and Kouilou-Niari basins (Ref. 81260). Lamboj, A. 2003 Chromidotilapia melaniae and C. nana, two new cichlid species (Perciformes, Cichlidae) from Gabon, Central Africa. Zootaxa 143:1-15. (Ref. 50577) FB-Size-60336 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60336 9.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81260)) Stiassny, M.L.J., A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt and G.G. Teugels 2008 Cichlidae. p. 269-403. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Volume 2. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 42. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 603p. (Ref. 81260) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-60336 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-05-27 00:00:00 2024-03-26 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60336 benthopelagic; freshwater