Endangered
Oreochromis lepidurus
Oreochromis lepidurus
Oreochromis lepidurus is a cichlid in the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes), recorded as Endangered and tied to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Republic of the Congo.
The cichlid
It was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1899.
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
Oreochromis lepidurus is recorded from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
GBIF currently lists 49 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
Oreochromis lepidurus 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 Oreochromis lepidurus, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q1956427 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.
