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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Petrotilapia: Latin,petra = stone + Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
Africa: Endemic to Chinyankwazi and Chinyamwezi islands in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi, Malawi.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.1 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 31520)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 16 - 19; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 7 - 10; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 6 - 8.
Scrapes algae from the rock over which it lives. Found foraging in the water column presumably on both phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and E.S. van Snik, 1996. New species of Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Copeia 1996(3):695-702. (Ref. 31520)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).