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Haplochromis planus Vranken, Van Steenberge & Snoeks, 2020

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> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Haplochromis: Greek, Haploos = single + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  planus: Specific name from Latin planus, flat, referring to its flat, shovel-like lower jaw (Ref. 126074).

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; acqua dolce pelagico. Tropical

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Africa: endemic to Lake Edward (Ref. 126074).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 126074)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 14 - 16; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9 - 10; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9; Vertebre: 20 - 21. Diagnosis: Haplochromis planus differs from all other species of Haplochromis, except H. retrodens from Lake Victoria, by a shallow, broad and rectangular lower jaw with ascending arms steeply sloping upwards, enlarged and distinctly visible intrabuccally; oral-tooth bands U-shaped and, in large specimens of more than 75 mm standard length, set posteriorly with large and stout inner and outer teeth, especially in upper jaw; all oral mucosa in lower jaw at same height and oral-breathing valves strongly reduced to narrow, rectangular skin folds (Ref. 126074). It differs from H. retrodens by larger eyes, 35.7-41.6% of head length vs. 23.8-29.6%, correlated shorter snout, 24.6-28.8% of head length vs. 29.0-36.8%, and more slender interorbital width, 19.1-22.1% of head length vs. 24.2-33.8%, and dominant males with scarlet to red vs. dark grey-green flanks (Ref. 126074). It differs from H. concillans and H. erutus by a shallow vs. deep lower jaw, a narrower interorbital region, 19.1-22.1% of head length vs. 22.5-26.4% and 23.4-27.2% respectively, and dominant males with scarlet to red vs. blue-silver and silver-beige flanks, respectively; it differs further from H. concillans by a longer premaxillary pedicel, 21.9-24.4% of head length vs. 16.1-21.6%, and from H. erutus by a longer upper jaw, 27.6-32.1% of head length vs. 20.9-26.0% (Ref. 126074).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

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Vranken, N., M. Van Steenberge and J. Snoeks, 2020. Similar ecology, different morphology: three new species of oral-mollusc shellers from Lake Edward. J. Fish Biol. 96(5):1202-1217. (Ref. 126074)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±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).