FB-54609 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54609 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Bagridae Hyalobagrus Hyalobagrus flavus Ng & Kottelat, 1998 Chramule malavijská Blacktop chiselmouth Malawi lõunaramul Varicorhinus dimidiatus Tweddle & Skelton, 1998 1999-12-07 2013-07-15 Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton0 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) 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) Hanel, L. and J. Novák0 České názvy zivočichů V. Ryby a ryboviti obratlovci (Pisces) 3., maloústí (Gonorhynchiformes) - máloostní (Cypriniformes). Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha. (Ref. 51055) Skelton, P.H.0 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193) Skelton, P.H.0 Changes to the scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 27:171-174. (Ref. 55511) eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471) Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., T. Musschoot, J. Snoeks and U.K. Schliewen0 The African hexaploid Torini (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): review of a tumultuous history. Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 177:231-305. (Ref. 108777) Skelton, P.H.0 Name changes and additions to the southern African freshwater fish fauna. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 2016:1-7. (Ref. 114605) FB-GeneralDescr-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 1999-08-12 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=54618 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Occurs in fast flowing stretches of river and deeper pools. Common particularly in rocky pools. Feeds by scraping algae off rocks with its horny lower jaw. Varicorhinus xyrocheilus occurs sympatrically and syntopically with V. dimidiatus. Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) FB-DiagnosticDescr-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 1999-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54618 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Its dark olive dorsal surface and light golden ventral surface are sharply divided at the lower edge of the lateral line scale row. Its has relatively narrow mouth without barbels or with one pair of minute posterior barbels. The unbranched dorsal ray is flexible. Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) FB-Morphology-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 1999-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54618 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9 Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) FB-Distribution-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 2001-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54618 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: River Ruo and several of its tributaries above Zoa Falls in Malawi. Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) FB-Uses-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 1999-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54618 fisheries: of no interest FB-TrophicStrategy-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-01-24 00:00:00 2001-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public dimidiatus Occurs in fast flowing stretches of river and deeper pools. Common particularly in rocky pools. Feeds by scraping algae off rocks with its horny lower jaw. Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) FB-Size-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 1999-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54618 24.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 33082)); max. published weight: 400 g (Ref. 33082) Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) Tweddle, D. and P.H. Skelton 1998 Two new species of Varicorhinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Ruo River, Malawi, Africa, with a review of other southern African Varicorhinus species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 8(4):369-384. (Ref. 33082) 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#Distribution 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-54618 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-12-08 00:00:00 1999-08-12 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=54618 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses benthopelagic; freshwater