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Etymology: Alticorpus: Latin, altus = nutritious + Latin, corpus = body (Ref. 45335); geoffreyi: Named after Geoffrey Fryer, who worked on several aspects of the fishes of Lake Malawi, but is most renown for his pioneering work on the rock-dwelling communities (Ref. 55908).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 18 - 150 m (Ref. 55908). Tropical
Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, widely distributed (Ref. 55463).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55908)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 15 - 17; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 11; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 10. Diagnosis: no protuberance on the chest; low number of gill-rakers; pores on the head, and infra-orbital bones larger than in A. mentale; lower jaw 38.5-46.1 (mean 41.5) percent of head length (Ref. 55908).
Deep-living species; fairly equally distributed below a depth of 60 m (Ref. 55908).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa, 2004. The genus Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [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).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).