FB-50267 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50267 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Adrianichthyidae Oryzias Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon, 1849) Neochromis greenwoodi Seehausen & Bouton, 1998 1998-11-24 2025-03-07 van Oijen, M.J.P.0 The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zool. Verh. Leiden 302:57-110. (Ref. 12750) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes0 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-50274 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50274 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Found only in rocky shores. Inhabits mainly steeply sloping large boulder shores but is also found on gently sloping shores if the boulder size is large enough to provide interstices. Adults forage in shoals, mixed with other species. Omnivorous, feeding on algae, Bryozoans, insect larvae, plankton, prawns and juvenile fishes (Ref. 27668). Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Morphology-50274 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 1998-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50274 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 29 - 31 Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Distribution-50274 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 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=50274 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: Lake Victoria. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-LifeCycle-50274 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=50274&StockCode=42017 Mouth brooder with maternal parental care. Male defends territories at depths between less than 1 and 4 m. Brooding female guards small territories around a cave between rock boulders. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Size-50274 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 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=50274 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 13.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27668)) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) 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#Threats 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-50274 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 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=50274 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 4 m (Ref. 27668) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668)