FB-50122 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50122 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Triglidae Lepidotrigla Lepidotrigla sereti del Cerro & Lloris, 1997 Metriaclima chrysomallos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 1998-08-28 2021-10-04 Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye0 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of January 2004. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in January 2004. (Ref. 50838) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) Condé, B. and J. Géry0 Maylandia Meyer et Foerster, 1984, un nom générique disponible (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 26(1-2):21-22. (Ref. 79558) Ciccotto, P.J., A. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Descriptions of five new species in the genus Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 2738:1-25. (Ref. 86409) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-DiagnosticDescr-50171 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 2018-02-06 18:47:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50171 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Diagnosis: The Moderately sloped head, swollen rostral tip of the neurocranium, isognathous jaws, and the presence of bicuspid teeth in the outer rows of the jaws place this species in Maylandia; the continuation of the vertical bars on the side of fish into the dorsal fin separates this species from M. zebra; the gold highlights on the light blue ground colouration distinguishes this species from M. melabranchion (Ref. 27596).Description: Jaws isognathous; teeth on jaws in 2-3 rows; majority of teeth in outer rows bicuspid, with a few posterior unicuspid teeth; those in inner rows tricuspid; 6-13 teeth in outer row of left lower jaw (Ref. 27596). Dorsal fin with 17-18 spines; dorsal-fin rays 8-10; pectoral fin with 13 rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 6-8 rays (Ref. 27596). Scales along side ctenoid; 31-33 lateral scales (Ref. 27596). First gill arch with 11-14 rakers on ceratobranchial, 2-3 on epibranchial, and 1 between the epibranchial and ceratobranchial (Ref. 27596). Lower pharyngeal bone triangular in outline (Ref. 27596).Colouration: Lateral body colouration of breeding males from populations of Mumbo Island and from Malawian east coast between Nsinje River and Makanjila Point light blue with gold highlights and 7-9 faint bars below dorsal fin, fading to white ventrally; breast orange fading to white at pelvic fin; dorsal half of head, operculum, and cheek light blue; ventral portions orange/yellow; snout orange; dorsal fin pale blue, posterior membranes orange distally; caudal-fin rays orange with clear membranes; anal-fin rays blue/gray with 2 orange ocelli; distal portion of pelvic fin orange, remaining clear; pectoral fin clear (Ref. 86409). Females brown/gray with light-blue highlights laterally; belly white; head dark brown with blue/green highlights, gray/black opercular spot, and white gular; dorsal fin brown; caudal-fin rays brown and membranes clear; anal-fin rays brown with clear membranes; leading edge of pelvic fin white, rays brown; membranes clear; pelvic fins clear (Ref. 86409). At Gome, lateral body colouration of breeding males light blue, with 7-9 faint bars below dorsal fin; head light blue with gray highlights; interorbital area gray with 1 blue bar; gular white with yellow blotches; dorsal fin gray proximally, fading to white distally; caudal-fin rays clear with blue membranes; anal-fin rays gray with light blue/white membrane and 2 orange ocelli; leading edge of pelvic fin white, rays clear; first 2 membranes gray, remaining clear; pectoral fin clear; females same as in other populations (Ref. 86409). Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) FB-Morphology-50171 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 2018-02-06 18:47:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50171 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 9 Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) FB-Distribution-50171 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50171 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: southeastern portion of Lake Malawi in Malawi and Mozambique (Ref. 86409). Ciccotto, P.J., A. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2011 Descriptions of five new species in the genus Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 2738:1-25. (Ref. 86409) FB-Size-50171 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2004-06-30 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=50171 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 9.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27596)) Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-50171 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2004-06-30 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=50171 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater