Chilochromis

<i>Chilochromis</i>

Chilochromis

Genus of fishes

This article is about the monotypic riverine cichlid. For the Lake Malawi cichlid, see Cheilochromis.

Chilochromis duponti is a species of cichlid endemic to riverine habitats in the Chiloango River basin of Cabinda Province of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Kouilou-Niari River and lower Loeme River in the Republic of Congo, and the Nyanga basin and upper Ngounie River which is part of the Ogooué system in Gabon. The main part of its diet is aquatic vegetation, largely algae, but small amounts of invertebrates are eaten. It is spawns on to the substrate. This species reaches a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. It is the only currently known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the Édouard Dupont (1841-1911), a Belgian geologist who was a pioneer of the geological exploration of the Congo Basin and a director of the Brussels Museum.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Moelants, T. (2010). "Chilochromis duponti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182402A7878919. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182402A7878919.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Chilochromis duponti" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


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