Ecology Summary - Chiloglanis kalambo

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Main Ref.	Seegers, L., 1996
Remarks	Found in stream with rocks, boulders, waterfalls and rapids between boulders; waterflow swift, not in quiet streams; habitat corresponds with preferred habitats of most other Chiloglanis species from the Rukwa drainage and elsewhere; associated with Kneria rukwaensis and Barbus sp. aff. brachygramma; water soft and slightly alcaline (pH 7.2); nothing known in detail on diet, but it seems to be omnivorous; nothing known on breeding habits (Ref. 27292).

Main Ref.

Seegers, L., 1996

Remarks

Found in stream with rocks, boulders, waterfalls and rapids between boulders; waterflow swift, not in quiet streams; habitat corresponds with preferred habitats of most other Chiloglanis species from the Rukwa drainage and elsewhere; associated with Kneria rukwaensis and Barbus sp. aff. brachygramma; water soft and slightly alcaline (pH 7.2); nothing known in detail on diet, but it seems to be omnivorous; nothing known on breeding habits (Ref. 27292).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Chiloglanis kalambo may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	: rocky;
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Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
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