Steatocranus gibbiceps

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Steatocranus gibbiceps
Steatocranus gibbiceps, male

Steatocranus gibbiceps , male

Systematics
Order : Cichliformes
Family : Cichlids (Cichlidae)
Subfamily : Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe : Steatocranini
Genre : Steatocranus
Type : Steatocranus gibbiceps
Scientific name
Steatocranus gibbiceps
Boulenger , 1899

Steatocranus gibbiceps is a species of cichlid that occurs in the catchment area of ​​the lower Congo to Matadi and in the Malebo pool . The species wasfirst described scientificallyin 1899 by the Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger together with the genus Steatocranus and is the type species of the genus.

features

Males of Steatocranus gibbiceps reach a length of up to 12 cm, while females remain slightly smaller at 10 cm. The species is very similar to the humpback cichlid ( Steatocranus casuarius ) known from aquaristics , but is slimmer and stays smaller ( S. casuarius : ♂ max. 15 cm, ♀ max. 12 cm), has different teeth and a shorter intestine. Steatocranus gibbiceps is a gastropod eater and has an intestine the length of which is 0.75 to 0.8% of the body length, while the humpback cichlid as an algae eater has an intestine that is 1.5 to 3 times as long as the body. The scales of S. gibbiceps are light gray and have a dark edge, while it is exactly the other way around in the humpback cichlid. In Steatocranus gibbiceps , too , the males develop a forehead hump, which becomes larger with increasing age. The chest of S. gibbiceps is cream-colored, the gill membranes are blackish brown.

Way of life

Steatocranus gibbiceps feeds primarily on snails and is a cave-breeder that forms a father-mother family .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Steatocranus gibbiceps on Fishbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Anton Lamboj : The cichlids of western Africa. Publisher: Natur und Tier, 2006, ISBN 386-659000-8 , page 57 u. 58.
  3. ↑ a b c Günther Sterba : Süsswasserfische der Welt , Urania-Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 , page 804 u. 805