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Scientific Name Pseudocrenilabrus philander  (Weber, 1897)
Common Names Southern Mouthbrooder
Messing-, Kupfer-Maulbrueter (Germany)
Type Locality Umhlasine River, near Verulam, Natal, South Africa.
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Size 130mm or 5.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Orange River system, Cunene, Okavango, Zambezi system, Quanza, Cuango, Cuilo, Cassai, Lufira, Lualaba-Upemba, Luapula-Moero, Lake Malawi, south-east Africa from lower Zambezi south to Vungu River in Natal.
African Waters, Orange (click on these areas to find other species found there)
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African Waters, Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Cuanza (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Kwango (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Cuilo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba, Lufira (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo, Lualaba, Mweru, Luapula (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Zambesi, Malawi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Zambesi, Lower Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
pH 7.0 - 8.0
Temperature 22.0-25.0°C or 71.6-77°F (Show species within this range)
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 10, pp 148.
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Last Update 2020 Nov 08 08:16 (species record created: 2013 Sep 08 00:20)