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Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
4979
)
Prefers rocky areas. Mostly found near very large boulders, but in shallow water large schools congregate at rocky islets on the sand. Feeds on plankton (Ref.
5595
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
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Reproduction
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Spawning
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Eggs
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Fecundity
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Larvae
Males defend spawning sites on large boulders and spawn along the vertical face of the boulder or construct a small bower of find sand on top of the boulder. Female mouth brooder, ca. 60 eggs (Ref.
2060
).
Maréchal, C.
, 1991. Copadichromis. p. 51-58. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref.
4979
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00700 - 0.03275), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.4 ±0.45 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 (10 of 100).
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