Nanochromis Wickleri

📖 Overview

Nanochromis Wickleri (Nanochromis wickleri), first described by Schliewen & Stiassny, 2006 is a small fish in the family Cichlidae (order Cichliformes). Adults typically reach 7.00 cm in maximum length. It inhabits freshwater systems including rivers, streams, and lakes. It occurs in Tropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 28. A large deep-bodied species of Nanochromis with an elevated soft dorsal fin ray count (10-11) and the presence, in adults, of strongly produced membranous fin lappets on the second and third dorsal fin spines . It has also an almost scaleless cheek and nape, an upper lateral line contiguous with the dorsal fin base, five laterosensory pores on the dentary, a tubular pore canal in the anguloarticular, and seven laterosensory pores on the preopecle . Snout long with a steeply inclined and strongly convex dorsal contour and an almost straight ventral contour . Lower pharyngeal jaw is extremely gracile, with narrow horns and a short blunt keel; the dentigerous surface is sparsely covered with fine weakly bicuspid teeth . Caudal fin longer than deep, subacuminate, with fin rays increasing in length from the outer rays towards the central rays .: fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Nanochromis Wickleri is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🦠 Common Diseases

The following diseases are known to affect Nanochromis Wickleri.

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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