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Etymology: Labidochromis: Greek, labidos = pair of forceps + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Trewavas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5; dH range: 12 - ?; profondeur 1 - 6 m. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060); 13°S - 15°S

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Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi. Occurs in the southern part from Namalenje Island south to Nkudzi Bay (Ref. 5595).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.7 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4364); 6.0 cm SL (female)

Is usually solitary over rocky substrates (Ref. 6307). Feeds by nipping at the mat of epilithic algae. The diet consists mainly of filamentous algae of the genus Calothrix and not of small invertebrates as is generally assumed. Chironomid and centropogomid larvae, mites, ostracods and other small invertebrates comprise a small proportion of the gut contents (Ref. 4889).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

After releasing the young from her mouth for the first time, the female continues to tend them one more week.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborateurs

Maréchal, C., 1991. Labidochromis. p. 210-217. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5653)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 June 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Fec<1000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935