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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Tylochromis&speciesname=robertsi ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Tylochromis&speciesname=robertsi http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Tylochromis&speciesname=robertsi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Tylochromis&speciesname=robertsi https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Tylochromis&speciesname=robertsi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Tylochromis-robertsi.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Tylochromis Species in    Cichlidae - Classification - Pseudocrenilabrinae Cichlidae Cichliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Tylochromis robertsi Stiassny , 1989 Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Cichlidae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae Etymology: Tylochromis: Greek, tylos = callus + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335 ) ;   robertsi: Named for Tyson R. Roberts whose knowledge of the African waterways and their ichthyofauna has been of great value to many studies of the freshwater fishes of Africa (Ref. 52346 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: mainstream middle Congo River, Ubangi, Uele, Kotto, Mongala (Ref. 52346 ), Itimbiri, Aruwimi (Ref. 52346 , 106245 ) and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106290 ) (middle Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic. Also a single record from the river Kama-Elila (Lualaba tributary) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 52346 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 21.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52346 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-15; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 7 - 8; Vertebrae : 28 - 29. Diagnosis: upper lateral line extending full length of dorsal fin base and descending a row before proceeding length of three or more scales; 14-15 gill-rakers, widely spaced along lower limb of first arch; 36-40 lateral line scales; head length 29.0-35.7% of standard length; usually 29 vertebrae; inferior vertebral apophysis short and oriented caudad rather than of standard Tylochromis type (Ref. 52346 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Opportunistic benthic macrophage (Ref. 52346 ). Mainly feeds on plants and insects (as well as their larvae) (Ref. 52307 ). Female mouthbrooder (Ref. 52307 , 52346 ) that does not pair-bond (Ref. 52307 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators Stiassny, M.L.J. , 1989. A taxonomic revision of the African genus Tylochromis (Labroidei, Cichlidae); whith notes on the anatomy and relationships of the group. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent. Ser. 8, Sci. Zool., 258:1-161. (Ref. 52346 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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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 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.4   ±0.22 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . 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