FB-58909 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58909 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Alepocephaliformes Alepocephalidae Bathylaco Bathylaco macrophthalmus Nielsen & Larsen, 1968 2002-03-07 2016-01-13 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) Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth0 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) 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 M. Hanssens0 Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. p.266-310. In Snoeks, J. (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA, 360p. (Ref. 55954) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) Konings, A.0 Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat. 4th edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. 424p. (Ref. 79521) FB-GeneralDescr-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 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=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Inhabits shallow sandy shores; rare species (Ref. 41276). Feeds on invertebrates found in the sand (Ref. 79521). Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) FB-DiagnosticDescr-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-12 00:00:00 2005-12-13 18:08:44 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Description: without typical predator habitus; bicuspid outer dentition (Ref. 55954).Can be differentiated from species of Mylochromis, except M. gracilis and M. spilostichus by having shallower body (26-28% SL vs. 29-44), and higher number of lateral line scales (37-38 vs. 30-36); the oblique band is continuous, extending onto the caudal peduncle, while in M. spilostichus, the band is broken into a series of spots and in M. gracilis, the band may be broken and does not continue onto the caudal peduncle; M. spilostichus and M. gracilis generally possess a much shallower preorbital bone depth (16.7 and 19.2-20.0, vs. 19.9-26) than M. ensatus (Ref. 41276). Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) FB-Morphology-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-12 00:00:00 2005-12-13 18:08:44 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11 Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) FB-Distribution-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-12 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=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, known only from the southeast arm of the lake in Malawi (Ref. 41276, 55954, 79521). Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) FB-Uses-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: of potential interest Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) FB-Size-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 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=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 20.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 41276)) Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276) 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-58915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2002-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-12 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=58915 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; freshwater; depth range 15 - 23 m (Ref. 58018), usually 15 - 23 m (Ref. 41276) Bogutskaya, N.G. 2007 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) Turner, G.F. and J.D. Howarth 2001 Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):205-212. (Ref. 41276)