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Rubricatochromis bimaculatus (Gill, 1862)

Jewelfish
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Congo (Brazzaville) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported from the Kouyou, Likouala and Likouala-aux-Herbes (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 44840), but this refers to Hemichromis stellifer (see details for the latter species in Ref. 5644).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Daget, J. and A. Stauch, 1963
National Database:

Common names from other countries

双斑伴丽鱼, Jewel fish, African jewelfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Rubricatochromis: Name from rubricatus, Latin for red coloured, refers to the bright red colouration on body of most species when in dominance or broodcare; and chromis, a common ending for African cichlid fishes (Ref. 128620).
  More on author: Gill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 4 - 16; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 21°C - 23°C (Ref. 1672); 11°N - 4°N

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