Steatocranus bleheri is species of fish in the cichlid family. It is endemic to the Kafubu River system, which is part of the Luapula drainage in the upper Congo River basin, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Steatocranus bleheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Steatocranus
Species:
S. bleheri
Binomial name
Steatocranus bleheri

Description

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Steatocranus bleheri can reach a standard length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in).[3]

Etymology

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The species epithet is named in honor of explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Steatocranus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182788A7969201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182788A7969201.en. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ Meyer, M.K., 1993. Description of a new Steatocranus species from Luapula River system, Zaire (Teleostei, Perciformes: Cichlidae). Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden 47(9):113-120.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Steatocranus bleheri". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 March 2022.