Orthochromis torrenticola (Thys van den Audenaerde 1963)

Description: body slender; snout pointed; frontal profile rounded; caudal fin rounded (Ref. 52307).Coloration: body pale yellowish-brown; several dark vertical bars may be visible on body; body scales often with dark margins; some dark maculae in soft dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 52307).

Mouthbrooding by females.

Rheophilic (Ref. 52307).

fisheries:

Orthochromis torrenticola is a species of cichlid endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is known from the Lufira drainage in the upper Congo River basin. This species can reach a length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in) SL.