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Haplochromis snoeksi Wamuini, Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2010

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known only from the Inkisi River (lower Congo River basin) (Ref. 85558, 97348, 120641). Type locality of the holotype of Haplochromis snoeksi: 'DRC: Lower Congo: Ngeba/Ngufu River at Ngeba, affluent of Inkisi River' (Ref. 85558).
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Main Ref: Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S. and E. Vreven, 2010
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Haplochromis: Greek, Haploos = single + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  snoeksi: This species is dedicated to Jos Snoeks, professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and curator of fishes at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, who extensively worked and still works on African cichlids (Ref. 85558).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.8.   Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 85558)

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Africa: only known from the Inkisi River (lower Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 85558).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85558)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. Diagnosis: Haplochromis snoeksi is distinguished from all riverine haplochromines from the Congo and Quanza ichthyofaunal provinces by the following unique combination of characters: chest partially naked, without scales vs. fully scaled in H. bakongo, H. brauschi, H. callichromis, H. demeusii, H. fasciatus, H. lucullae, H. moeruensis, H. multiocellatus, H. schwetzi and H. stigmatogenys; 16 circumpeduncular scales vs. 12 in H. oligacanthus and H. polli; and an upper lateral line with 23 scales vs. 17-19 in H. luluae (Ref. 85558).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Rheophilic species (Ref. 97348), found on a substrate of sand with pebbles and mud (Ref. 85558).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S. and E. Vreven, 2010. 'Haplochromis’ snoeksi, a new species from the Inkisi River basin, Lower Congo (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 21(3):279-288. (Ref. 85558)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 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):  3.3   ±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).