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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Maylandia: In honour of Hans J. Mayland, German ictiologist (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal; intervalo de profundidade 15 - 35 m. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059); 14°S - 15°S
Africa: endemic to Makokola in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.4 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5684)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 17 - 18; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 8 - 9; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 6 - 7. Gill rakers on first ceratobranchial 8-12; gill rakers on first epibranchial 2-3.
Inhabits the rocky biotope of the reefs, where the rocks are permanently covered with a layer of sediment. Feeds mainly from the phytoplankton in the open water. Territorial males feed from the biocover on the rocks (Ref. 5595). Oviparous (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye, 1997. A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
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).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).