Jabarichromis pfefferi
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Jabarichromis Haefeli, Schedel, Ronco, Indermaur & Salzburger, 2024 |
| Species: | J. pfefferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Jabarichromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898) | |
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Jabarichromis pfefferi is an African species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika and its slow-flowing tributaries in the countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.[1] It is common and widespread.[1] This cichlid is found in relatively shallow waters, typically over soft bottoms in places with aquatic grasses.[1]
It reaches up to 14 cm (5.5 in) in length,[2] and females are a little smaller than males.[3] It eats invertebrates (especially shrimp[4]) and plant material.[1] Like many other Tanganyika cichlids, it is a mouthbrooder[2][4] and sometimes kept in aquariums.[3]
Although formerly included in the genus Gnathochromis, it is distantly related to the type species G. permaxillaris (tribe Limnochromini), instead being closer to Tropheini.[5] The specific name honours the German zoologist Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854-1931).[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Mushagalusa, D. (2025). "Jabarichromis pfefferi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T60492A47193184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T60492A47193184.en. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Jabarichromis pfefferi". FishBase. April 2017 version.
- 1 2 Joren Blom. "Gnathochromis pfefferi". Tanganyika.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 August 2020.
- 1 2 Ochi, H. (1993). "Maintenance of Separate Territories for Mating and Feeding by Males of a Maternal Mouthbrooding Cichlid, Gnathochromis pfefferi, in Lake Tanganyika". Japan. J. Ichthyol. 40 (2): 173–182.
- ↑ Nina Duftner; Stephan Koblmüller; Christian Sturmbauer (2005). "Evolutionary Relationships of the Limnochromini, a Tribe of Benthic Deepwater Cichlid Fish Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa". J Mol Evol. 60 (3): 277–289. Bibcode:2005JMolE..60..277D. doi:10.1007/s00239-004-0017-8..
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2025). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 November 2025.