FB-2191 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Alticorpus Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985) Olkaluotaaja Chisawasawa 大肩高身丽鱼 大肩高身麗魚 Aulonocara macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985) Cleithrochromis bowleyi Eccles, 1974 Cyrtocara macrocleithrum Stauffer & McKaye, 1985 1991-02-19 2005-12-01 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Eccles, D.H. and E. Trewavas0 Malawian cichlid fishes: the classification of some haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, West Germany. 334 p. (Ref. 267) Maréchal, C.0 Alticorpus. p. 2-3. In J. Daget, J.P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5594) Konings, A.0 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and K.R. McKaye0 Description of a genus and three deep water species of fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Copeia 1988(2):441-449. (Ref. 27611) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982) Nsiku, E.0 Changes in the fisheries of Lake Malawi, 1976-1996: ecosystem-based analysis. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 217 p. M.Sc. thesis. (Ref. 33486) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 36670) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West , NY 10024-5192, USA. (Ref. 41414) Varjo, M., L. Koli and H. Dahlström0 Kalannimiluettelo (versio 10/03). Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo Ry. (Ref. 51086) Snoeks, J. (ed.)0 The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA, 360p. (Ref. 55463) Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa0 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> 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) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. (Ref. 83882) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2012. (Ref. 90062) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, April 2014. (Ref. 95632) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, [accessed 13/04/2015]. (Ref. 101110) FB-GeneralDescr-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-19 00:00:00 2005-12-01 19:37:55 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Typical deep-water species, with an even distribution below 60m (Ref. 55908). Found in areas where the bottom consist of diatomaceous ooze (Ref. 5595) but also on sandy habitats (Ref. 55908). Food may consist of invertebrates (Ref. 5595) and perhaps small fishes (Ref. 55463). Maréchal, C. 1991 Alticorpus. p. 2-3. In J. Daget, J.P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5594) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Emmanuel Kaunda 1991-07-02 00:00:00 2005-12-01 19:39:29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Diagnosis: cleithrum elongated, forming a clear prominence protruding on the chest, already visible in specimens of 53.0mm SL; sensory pores on the head greatly enlarged (Ref. 55908).Description: dentary rather shallow; outer oral jaw teeth in adults unicuspid, sometimes bicuspid in smaller specimens; inner row jaw teeth unicuspid; teeth moveably attached; lower pharyngeal bone slender with fine, acute teeth in low densities; 1 or 2 series of cheek scales; upper part of lateral line with 20-25 scales, lower part 12-18; gill-rakers long, simple, bi- or trifid; dorsal and anal fins of adult males with elongated filaments; pectoral fins relatively long (Ref. 55908).Coloration: Live: Adult territorial males: background color green-blue to purple with black bars; body, and dorsal and posterior parts of head, with a brown-purple hue; green-blue component most pronounced on anterior and ventro-lateral parts of head; ventral parts black; dorsal and caudal fins grey-brown; dorsal fin margin black; dark maculae and striae pattern on dorsal and caudal fins; pectoral fins grey; anal fin black anteriorly and grey posteriorly with large white or yellow ocelli (Ref. 55908). Females: silvery with brownish hue on dorsal and dorso-lateral parts; fins grey; dorsal fin lappets dark brown; vague dark maculae and striae pattern on dorsal and caudal fins (Ref. 55908). Immature and non-territorial males intermediate between female and adult male gradually becoming darker and more bronzy and then green-blue with increasing territoriality (Ref. 55908). Preserved juveniles, females and non-territorial males: yellow-brown with 6 vertical bars under the dorsal fin base; bars sometimes barely visible; fins yellow-brown; dorsal fin with dark lappets and dark maculae; caudal fin without maculae; ventral, dorsal and distal parts of caudal fin somewhat darker than the rest (Ref. 55908). Small color pattern differences exist between populations (Ref. 55908). Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> 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) FB-Morphology-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Emmanuel Kaunda 1991-07-02 00:00:00 2005-12-01 19:39:29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9 Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> 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) FB-Distribution-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi. Found at Cape Maclear and Monkey Bay. Maréchal, C. 1991 Alticorpus. p. 2-3. In J. Daget, J.P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5594) FB-Uses-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-19 00:00:00 2005-12-01 19:37:55 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Eccles, D.H. and E. Trewavas 1989 Malawian cichlid fishes: the classification of some haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, West Germany. 334 p. (Ref. 267) Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) FB-TrophicStrategy-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-07-01 00:00:00 2005-07-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ macrocleithrum Occurs predominantly over muddy bottoms at a depth of at least 50 m. Found in areas where the bottom consist of diatomaceous ooze. Food may consist of invertebrates (Ref. 5595). Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) FB-Size-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-19 00:00:00 2005-12-01 19:37:55 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle 12.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5594)) Maréchal, C. 1991 Alticorpus. p. 2-3. In J. Daget, J.P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5594) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-2191 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-19 00:00:00 2005-12-01 19:37:55 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2191 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range 30 - 150 m (Ref. 55908), usually 60 - 150 m (Ref. 55908) Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> 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) Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> 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)