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Cichlidae
Thysochromis ansorgii
Thysochromis ansorgii
Eight Point Eight Centimeters Cichlid of the Niger Basin
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallThysochromis ansorgii is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Thysochromis
- Maximum length
- 8.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: from coastal basins in Ivory Coast (rivers Agnébi, Me, Bia, Comoé, Tano) to forested coastal lowlands in Nigeria (Ogun, Oshun, Niger delta, Ethiop, Calabar, Great Kwa and lower Cross) including the Ouémé in Benin (Ref. 53405 , 81260 ). Also reported from Ogowe basin in Gabon (Ref. 81260 ). Reports from Kouilou-Niari in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81260 ) refer to Thysochromis emili (Ref. 122428 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
