Jabarichromis

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Jabarichromis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Jabarichromis
Haefeli, Schedel, Ronco, Indermaur & Salzburger, 2024
Species:
J. pfefferi
Binomial name
Jabarichromis pfefferi
(Boulenger, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Gnathochromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Haplochromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Limnochromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Paratilapia pfefferi Boulenger, 1898

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

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Jabarichromis pfefferi". FishBase. April 2017 version.
  3. ^ a b Joren Blom. "Gnathochromis pfefferi". Tanganyika.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ 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..
  6. ^ 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.

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