AquaticRepublic.com - Rubricatochromis stellifer (Cichlidae) All Fishes

Adult male from Sierra Leone
Young male from the Congo, upstream of Kinshasa

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Rubricatochromis stellifer** (Loiselle, 1979)
Common Names	Jewel Cichlid Afrikanischer Roter Juwelen-Cichlide (Germany), Röd Ciklid (Sweden)
Type Locality	Malembo (Stanley) Pool, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Species Information
Size	136mm or 5.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Other Hemichromis species are sometimes sold under the same name.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Coastal basins from Southern Guinea to Central Liberia, associated with forested biotopes. Also reported from Côte d"Ivoire and Ghana, coastal basins of Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nile basins, Gambia and Senegal. Widely distributed in West Africa. African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Gambia (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 228, pp 81, Fig. 20.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2023 Aug 18 02:35 (species record created: 2010 Dec 17 06:52)