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Petrotilapia kitrinos Sabo, Konings & Stauffer, 2026 |
| Family: | Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae | |||
| Max. size: | 11.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Africa: Malawi. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: gold with brown or gray vertical bars; gold cheek, and gold throat and chest; black throat in males, gray to light-blue throat; presence of dark submarginal band in the first dorsal fin of both females; gold cheeks in males; pale yellow with a black submarginal band in the dorsal fin of females; dark-gray caudal fin rays which are hyaline to light brown in the latter two in females; band is wider and extends over the distal two-thirds of the dorsal fin; and presence of four gill rakers on the outer row of the epibranchial (Ref. 138879). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||