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(Ref. 54524) FB-Distribution-2296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Emmanuel Kaunda 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2019-02-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: Endemic to the north end of Lake Malawi. Maréchal, C. 1991 Copadichromis. p. 51-58. 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. 4979) FB-Uses-2296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2014-05-13 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2296 fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Snoeks, J. and M. Hanssens 2003 Partner 3: Africa Museum (MRAC.LI). p. 71-82. In K. Irvine (ed.) The trophic ecology of the demersal fish community of Lake Malawi/Niassa, Central Africa. INCO-DC Final Report covering period from 1st March 1998 to 28th February 2002. 159 p. (Ref. 54524) 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-LifeCycle-2296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Emmanuel Kaunda 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2014-05-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=2296&StockCode=6949 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Annual breeding season is brief. Females brood young or show development of the buccal brood pouch. Iles, T.D. 1971 Ecological aspects of growth in African cichlid fishes. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer. 33(3):363-385. (Ref. 4406) FB-TrophicStrategy-2296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rubyann Robelle Polido 2018-04-16 00:00:00 2018-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public virginalis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Zooplanktivorous (Refs. 117789, 117790). Larger specimens appear to feed more upon larger predatory zooplankton species than small ones (Ref. 117790). Duponchelle, F., H. Bootsma, A.J. Ribbink, C. Davis, A. Msukwa, J. Mafuka and D. Mandere 2000 Temporal diet patterns of some Lake Malawi demersal fish species as revealed by stomach contents and stable isotope analysis. Fish Ecology Report. SADC/GEF Lake Malawi/Nyasa Biodiversity Conservation Project, 189-201. (Ref. 117789) FB-Size-2296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2014-05-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 13.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4979)) Maréchal, C. 1991 Copadichromis. p. 51-58. 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. 4979) 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#DiagnosticDescription 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-2296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Emmanuel Kaunda 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2014-05-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology demersal; freshwater