Click on map for details about points. IDnature guide Fish Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. 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=Telmatochromis&speciesname=temporalis ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Telmatochromis&speciesname=temporalis http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Telmatochromis&speciesname=temporalis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Telmatochromis&speciesname=temporalis https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Telmatochromis&speciesname=temporalis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Telmatochromis-temporalis.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    Telmatochromis Species in    Cichlidae - Classification - Pseudocrenilabrinae Cichlidae Cichliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Telmatochromis temporalis Boulenger , 1898 Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Telmatochromis temporalis Picture by JJPhoto Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae Etymology: Telmatochromis: Greek, telma -atos = swamp + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Boulenger . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 8.0 - 9.0; dH range: 10 - 20; depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 6770 ), usually 6 - 12 m (Ref. 118184 ). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614 ); 3°S - 9°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5704 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Are not light shy and swim in the open. Have been discovered over many types of rock substrates even in very muddy water. Lives in rather deep water for such small species, specimens having been found as deep as 20 m, although they seem to prefer a range between 5 and 10 m. Always solitary. Omnivorous. Feeds on microorganisms and small fish (Ref. 6770 ). Aufwuchs eater (Ref. 54948 ). Forms temporary pair bonds; the male defends the territory while the female takes care of her offspring (Ref. 7343 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Spawns in caves. Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators Maréchal, C. and M. Poll , 1991. Telmatochromis. p. 474-478. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5704 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 31 January 2006 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Aquarium: commercial 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. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools Updated: 2024-04-27 01:48:04 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation