FB-8355 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8355 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Cynotilapia Cynotilapia zebroides (Johnson, 1975) Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975 1993-08-31 2024-01-29 Maréchal, C.0 Microchromis. p. 266. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5664) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. (Ref. 83882) Tawil, P.0 Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975. Cybium 35(3):201-211. (Ref. 88848) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2012. (Ref. 90062) Johnson, D.S.0 More new Malawi cichlids. Today's Aquar. 2(1):15-26. (Ref. 90068) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, April 2014. (Ref. 95632) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, [accessed 13/04/2015]. (Ref. 101110) Li, S., A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 A revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new genus and seven new species. Zootaxa 4168(2):353-381. (Ref. 119465) FB-GeneralDescr-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-31 00:00:00 2024-01-29 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8355 Found in all rocky habitats of Lake Malawi (Ref. 88848). Li, S., A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2016 A revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new genus and seven new species. Zootaxa 4168(2):353-381. (Ref. 119465) FB-DiagnosticDescr-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2012-05-14 00:00:00 2018-02-05 19:03:05 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8355 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: This species of Microchromis is characterized by a blue pattern with dark vertical bars on body, enhanced in dominant specimens, and usually extending onto the dorsal fin; similar to Maylandia zebra and other species in that complex with which it shares the same overall colouration, namely blue ground colour with strengthening melanic pattern in dominant males, extending onto the head, but it differs from these mainly by dentition: teeth on outer rows short and conical, regularly decreasing in size from symphysis to corner, vs. bicuspid in Maylandia (Ref. 88848). It differs from Microchromis aurifrons by its less heavily black pattern and vertical stripes on head, joining on brow (Ref. 88848).Description: Small to medium sized mbuna; body moderately deep; dorsal profile slightly rounded, ventral profile straight; dorsal fin high, in adults soft portion of this fin more pronounced in males than in females; caudal fin with two rounded lobes separated by a shallow notch; head rounded, slightly concave between eye and upper jaw, especially in big specimens; snout short, more prominent in adults, especially males; mouth slightly prognathous and upturned (Ref. 88848). Teeth: 2-3 rows in both jaw, curved inward, short and conical in most outer row, decreasing in size from symphysis to corner of mouth; teeth of inner rows more sparse, smaller in size than in most outer row (Ref. 88848). Scales cycloid, 2-3 scale rows on cheek (Ref. 88848).Colouration: live colouration of dominant males: body intense light blue, usually 8-9 vertical dark stripes on sides of the body, with first immediately behind operculum, slightly sloping anteriorly; its top usually joining its counterpart on other side before first dorsal fin ray; six vertical bars under dorsal fin, decreasing in thickness posteriorly; 1-2 indistinct bars on caudal peduncle, fading almost completely; body stripes extending onto dorsal fin, joining to a black submarginal band in most specimens; one black bar on head strongly sloping anteriorly, joining on brow with its counterpart, and two horizontal interorbital bars, all included in a black cephalic mask in dominant males, so head appears mainly black with two interorbital blue bars; upper blue 'inter-bar' extending behind eye; posterior edge of opercle with brilliant blue-green spot (Ref. 88848). Overall colouration of dorsal fin blue, with yellowish orange band above black submarginal band and whitish lappets; soft dorsal fin parts speckled with ocelli-like yellow spots, smaller than anal fin ocelli; anal fin blue, with black marking at base of the spinous portion; 3-6 anal ocelli of yellow colouration, surrounded by transparent area, well delimitated, increasing in number with size and age, usually extending from soft parts to third spine of this fin; pelvic fin black, with a thin blue-white marginal stripe; caudal fin blue, with thin black stripes along rays and along upper and lower edges of this fin (Ref. 88848). Female colouration: main colour brown, tinted by a blue hue in some specimens, with a melanic pattern more pale than in males; yellow colouration of dorsal fin as in males; a yellow tinge also present on caudal and anal fin; melanic marking same as in males, but weaker, sometimes not visible; anal ocelli present, but smaller as in males (Ref. 88848). Melanic pattern strengthens in most dominant males, with some individual variation; intermediate males or dominant females with less visible stripes; in females, melanic pattern follows same variation according to aggressivity as in males, more visible in dominant females; subordinate males are uniformly pale blue, subordinate females and juveniles are pale, without black margins (Ref. 88848). Tawil, P. 2011 Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975. Cybium 35(3):201-211. (Ref. 88848) FB-Morphology-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2012-05-14 00:00:00 2018-02-05 19:03:05 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8355 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 9 Tawil, P. 2011 Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975. Cybium 35(3):201-211. (Ref. 88848) FB-Distribution-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-31 00:00:00 2019-02-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8355 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Africa: circum-lacustrine distribution in Lake Malawi (Ref. 5664, 88848). Tawil, P. 2011 Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975. Cybium 35(3):201-211. (Ref. 88848) FB-Uses-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-31 00:00:00 2024-01-29 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=8355 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: of no interest FB-TrophicStrategy-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2018-02-05 19:04:08 2018-02-05 19:04:08 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public zebroides http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found in all rocky habitats of Lake Malawi (Ref. 88848). Tawil, P. 2011 Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975. Cybium 35(3):201-211. (Ref. 88848) FB-Size-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-31 00:00:00 2024-01-29 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=8355 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 9.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 88848)) Tawil, P. 2011 Description of a new cichlid species from Lake Malawi, with reexamination of Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1893) and Microchromis zebroides Johnson, 1975. Cybium 35(3):201-211. (Ref. 88848) 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#TrophicStrategy 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-8355 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-31 00:00:00 2024-01-29 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=8355 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size benthopelagic; freshwater