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Etymology: Mylochromis: Greek, mylo = mill + Greek, chromis = a fish without identification, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335); chekopae: chekopae alludes to the trawl station at Chekopa, where the type specimens were selected. A noun in the genitive case (Ref. 41276).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to the type locality; Chekopa trawl station on the southeastern arm of Lake Malawi. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

; eau douce démersal; profondeur 18 - 45 m (Ref. 41276). Tropical

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Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, occurs in the southern part (Ref. 41276).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 41276)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 16 - 17; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 13; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 9 - 11. Having a higher number of lateral line scales (36-37 vs. 30-35) compared to other species of Mylochromis, except M. formosus, M. gracilis, M. spilostichus and M. melanonotus. Differs from M. gracilis and M. spilostichus in having a complete oblique band.; from M. ensatus and M. formosus in having a deeper body (31-38% SL vs. 26-30); and wider interorbital (22-26% HL vs. 18-21); and from M. melanonotus in having a group of enlarged blunt teeth in the center of the lower pharyngeal bone (Ref. 41259).

Inhabits shallow, sandy shores; in shallower part of range it is the most abundant species; feeds on cladocerans, copepods and algae (Ref. 41276).

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Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth, 2001. Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276)

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

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Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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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=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

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

Mylochromis chekopae Turner & Howarth, 2001