Chromidotilapia guntheri
| Chromidotilapia guntheri | |
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| C. guntheri pair with fry; female on left | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Chromidotilapiini |
| Genus: | Chromidotilapia |
| Species: | C. guntheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882) | |
Chromidotilapia guntheri, Günther's Mouthbrooder, is a cichlid from Africa. It has two subspecies: The common C. g. guntheri ranges from Liberia to Equatorial Guinea and Niger,[1] while the critically endangered C. g. loennbergi is restricted to Lake Barombi-ba-Kotto, a small crater lake in Cameroon.[2] The species is noted for being a biparental mouthbrooder. Eggs are laid on a flat open surface and taken in the parents' mouth. Unlike many mouthbrooding cichlid species, both parents participate in the mouthbrooding.
The female is more colorful than the male. Both sexes are a generally tan color, but the female has a pink belly and a metallic white stripe on the dorsal fin.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Chromidotilapia guntheri guntheri" in FishBase. January 2012 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Chromidotilapia guntheri loennbergi" in FishBase. January 2012 version.