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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: sabinae: Dedicated to the author's daughter Sabina Lamboj..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Sangha, Alima and Likouala drainages (middle Congo River basin) in Republic of Congo (Ref. 54511), Sangha drainage in Central African Republic (Ref. 72415), Lukenie basin in Democratic Republic of Congo (Ref. 127185), and the upper Ogooué system in Gabon (Ref. 54511, 72415) and Republic of Congo (Ref. 54511).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81260); 3.9 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 16 - 18;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 6-9;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 5 - 7;
Vertebrae: 24 - 25. Diagnosis: body moderately elongated, steep and rounded front profile, snout rounded, caudal fin rounded; one tubular infraorbital bone; nape and opercle scaled, cheek with 1 or 2 scale rows, at least on the posterior part; females with a few, silvery colored scales around the genital papilla; a black longitudinal body stripe, not extended into the caudal fin (Ref. 54511).
Known from small rainforest streams (Ref. 72415). Monogamous, biparental, cave spawning, substrate spawner (Ref. 81260).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lamboj, A., 2005. Nanochromis sabinae, a new cichlid species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Upper Congo River area and northeast Gabon. Zootaxa 827:1-11. (Ref. 54511)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
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): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
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).