FB-60441 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60441 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Scaridae Scarus Scarus gracilis (Steindachner, 1869) 2003-06-12 2024-03-26 Arnegard, M.E. and J. Snoeks0 New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia 2001(3):703-717. (Ref. 40031) Snoeks, J. and M. Hanssens0 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) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) FB-DiagnosticDescr-60447 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-06-12 00:00:00 2005-08-23 19:17:13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60447 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Body relatively deep; head large (Ref. 40031). Jaws isognathous (Ref. 40031). Lips greatly enlarged (Ref. 40031, 54524), soft, and deeply folded back onto snout and lower jaw (Ref. 40031). Premaxillary pedicel not prominent (Ref. 40031). Teeth in outer rows of upper and lower jaws bicuspid, relatively closely set (Ref. 40031). Pectoral fin relatively long, extending past base of third anal fin spine to base of seventh anal fin ray (Ref. 40031). Caudal fin scaled more than three quarters of fin length near dorsal and ventral edges (Ref. 40031). Arnegard, M.E. and J. Snoeks 2001 New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia 2001(3):703-717. (Ref. 40031) FB-Morphology-60447 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-06-12 00:00:00 2005-08-23 19:17:13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60447 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10 Arnegard, M.E. and J. Snoeks 2001 New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia 2001(3):703-717. (Ref. 40031) FB-Distribution-60447 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60447 Africa: Lake Malawi (Ref. 40031). Arnegard, M.E. and J. Snoeks 2001 New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia 2001(3):703-717. (Ref. 40031) FB-Size-60447 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-06-12 00:00:00 2024-03-26 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=60447 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 16.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 40031)); 15.12 cm SL (female) Arnegard, M.E. and J. Snoeks 2001 New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia 2001(3):703-717. (Ref. 40031) 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#LifeCycle 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-60447 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2003-06-12 00:00:00 2024-03-26 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=60447 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater; depth range 125 - 135 m (Ref. 58018) Bogutskaya, N.G. 2007 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018)