Endangered
Benitochromis ufermanni
Benitochromis ufermanni
Benitochromis ufermanni is a cichlid in the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes), recorded as Endangered and tied to Cameroon.
The cichlid
It was first described by Anton Lamboj in 2001.
Cichlids are perch-like freshwater fishes with a second set of jaws in the throat. Many species mouth-brood the young.
Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.
Range and habitat
Benitochromis ufermanni is recorded from Cameroon.
GBIF currently lists 11 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Cichlids defend a territory or a brood. Diet in the family runs from algae scrapers to piscivores; this page does not invent a menu for one species.
In crisis
Benitochromis ufermanni is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the Cebuano Wikipedia article on Benitochromis ufermanni, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q5519904 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.
