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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Danakilia: Ethiopia desert; for Thysvander Audenaerde (1968) it is a fish from northeast Africa.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?; 15°N - 13°N

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Africa: endemic to Lake Afdera [= Afrera or Giulietti] in the Danakil Depression of northern Ethiopia (Ref. 85754).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5626)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10; Vertebrae: 27. Lower pharyngeal bone short. Pharyngeal teeth in adult including a group of enlarged, flattened teeth. Scales of chest and belly very small, non-imbrication but contiguous. Scales of flank with rugose calculi in the exposed part. Scales on cheek in 2 or 3 series. No micro-branchiospines.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

Trewavas, E. and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Danakilia. p. 75. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5626)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Endangered (EN) (B2ab(iii))

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Danakilia franchettii (Vinciguerra, 1931)