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Etymology: Melanochromis: Greek, melas, melanos = black + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
生態學
; 淡水 居於水底的; pH range: 7.3 - 8.5; dH range: 7 - 18. 熱帶; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060); 13°S - 15°S
Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi (Ref. 5663, 89864).
非洲: 馬拉威湖的特有種。 出現於 Chipoka(馬拉威湖的西南手臂) 。
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 5663)
背棘 (總數) : 17 - 18; 背的軟條 (總數) : 8 - 9; 臀棘: 3; 臀鰭軟條: 7 - 8. Diagnosis: Females and subadults of Melanochromis chipokae are distinguished from those of all other Melanochromis species by a yellow ground colour and a black submarginal band in the dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 89864). Male M. chipokae in breeding colour have a blue occipital region, a dark-blue/black body with two wide, light-blue horizontal stripes, and a blue dorsal fin with a wide white margin; they differ from males of most Melanochromis species with a similar colour pattern, except M. robustus and M. heterochromis, by the blue occipital region that is black or gray in M. melanopterus, M. vermivorus, M. simulans, M. loriae, M. robustus and M. mossambiquensis (Ref. 89864). Melanochromis chipokae males and females differ from M. robustus by a narrower interorbital width, 17.5-23.3% of head length vas. 26.1-29.6%, and from M. heterochromis by a longer lower jaw, 36.5-38.9% of head length vs. 29.3-34.6% (Ref. 89864).
It prefers sandy patches among rock (Ref. 5595). In general, only solitary individuals are encountered, wandering through the intermediate habitat searching for larger invertebrates and, perhaps, small fishes (Ref. 89864). It may have suffered over-fishing by collectors of ornamental fishes because this species was rather common in the aquarium hobby more than 20 years ago (Ref. 89864).
偏愛在岩石之中的沙區塊。 吃小魚。 (參考文獻 5595)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔魚
Female is mouthbrooder.非洲: 馬拉威湖的特有種。 出現於 Chipoka(馬拉威湖的西南手臂) 。
Maréchal, C., 1991. Melanochromis. p. 258-265. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and 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. 5663)
IUCN 瀕危狀態 (Ref. 130435)
極危 (CR) (A2a; B2ab(v)); Date assessed: 21 May 2018
人類使用
漁業: ; 水族館: 商業性
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00700 - 0.03275), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
營養階層 (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
回復力 (Ref.
120179): 高度, 族群倍增時間少於 15個月 (tm<1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
