Steatocranus bleheri

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| image = Bleheri.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Moelants, T. |date=2010 |title=Steatocranus bleheri |volume=2010 |page=e.T182788A7969201 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182788A7969201.en |access-date=27 March 2024}}

| taxon = Steatocranus bleheri

| authority = M. K. Meyer, 1993

}}

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.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.

Description

Steatocranus bleheri can reach a standard length of {{convert|6.8|cm|in}}.{{FishBase |genus= Steatocranus|species= bleheri| month = April | year = 2013}}

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae5/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y) | access-date= 14 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

References

bleheri

Category:Taxa named by Manfred K. Meyer

Category:Fish described in 1993