FB-62858 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62858 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Trichomycteridae Listrura Listrura picinguabae Villa-Verde & Costa, 2006 2006-10-12 2024-08-12 Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings0 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) Konings, A.0 Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat. 4th edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. 424p. (Ref. 79521) FB-GeneralDescr-62868 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2006-10-26 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62868 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Males build bowers at the sand-rock interface at depths of 12-20m; females form small groups; feeds on plankton in the water column and on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 57549). Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings 2006 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62868 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2006-10-26 00:00:00 2008-11-03 17:20:17 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62868 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Diagnosis: supra-pectoral spot 2-2.5 times diameter of supra-anal spot; 17-19 gill rakers on 1st ceratobranchial; males in breeding coloration: blue breast and narrow yellow marginal band in anal fin; males with light spots in anal fin (Ref. 57549).Description: body deep; straight (females and immatures) to concave (large adults) dorsal head profile; gape inclination of mouth about 40° to horizontal; jaws isognathous; teeth on dentary and premaxilla in 3 rows, teeth in outer row bicuspid in juveniles and females, large and unicuspid in mature males; lower pharyngeal jaw small, dentigerous area slender, with tiny bicuspid teeth and posterior row enlarged with 2 central teeth about 2x width of others; gill-rakers on ceratobranchial short and broad-based with lower 6-8 reduced to short stubs; 1-3 pored scales posterior to lateral line; 2-3 scale rows on cheek; 3 teeth rows in upper and lower jaw (Ref. 57549).Coloration: breeding males: head blue with green highlights; preorbital region gray; throat white with gray patches; lateral portion of body blue, with anterior portion of scales above upper lateral line orange/brown and anterior portion of scales below upper lateral line gold; breast gray with blue spots; belly gray with blue/white highlights; dorsal membranes pale yellow with blue markings, membranes between rays with yellow spots, spines and rays blue proximally and gray distally; dorsal fin with black marginal band with white lappets and yellow tips; caudal fin with blue rays and blue and yellow membranes, black band located 2/3 distally; proximal 2/3 of anal fin with small blue ocelli, margin black band with yellow lappets; pectoral fin clear; pelvic fin clear with white leading edge and black band located 2/3 distally (Ref. 57549). Females: head gray; cheeks silvery with purple highlights; opercle silver with brown and blue highlights and black opercle spot; throat white; lateral portion of body with 3 black spots; supra-pectoral spot below 9-14th scale sometimes in contact with upper lateral line and about 2-2.5 times size of supra-anal spot; supra-anal spot at 23-25th scale above and in contact with lower lateral line and covering 3-4 scales; caudal spot smaller than supra-anal spot on caudal base extending onto caudal peduncle; above upper lateral line bronze ground color with green highlights; below upper lateral line silver ground color with center of each scale either blue or yellow and anteriorly outlined in gold; 2-3 vertical bars between supra-pectoral spot and dorsal-fin origin; breast and belly white; dorsal fin dark gray with orange spots, white lappets, and yellow tips; proximal 1/3 of caudal fin dark gray, distal 2/3 light gray with yellow spots; proximal 2/3 of anal fin dark gray, distal 1/3 light gray with yellow ocelli; pectoral fin clear; first 2 membranes and rays of pelvic fin gray, remaining clear (Ref. 57549). Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings 2006 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) FB-Morphology-62868 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2006-10-26 00:00:00 2008-11-03 17:20:17 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62868 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10 Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings 2006 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) FB-Distribution-62868 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2006-10-26 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=62868 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: Endemic to Chizumulu Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi (Ref. 57549). Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings 2006 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) FB-Size-62868 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2006-10-26 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62868 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 10.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 57549)) Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings 2006 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) 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#Size 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-62868 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2006-10-26 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62868 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; freshwater