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Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Alticorpus: Latin, altus = nutritious + Latin, corpus = body (Ref. 45335); peterdaviesi: Named after Peter Davies, an exporter of fishes from Lake Malawi (Ref. 55908).
Eponymy: Peter Davies was a fish exporter of Lake Malawi. He was honoured for his help in securing many fishes of the lake for photography and study. (Also see Henny Davies) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 50 - 125 m (Ref. 55908), usually 73 - 91 m. Tropical; 12°S - 15°S
Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi. Recorded from southern part of lake.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5594)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 14 - 16; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 11; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 10. Diagnosis: high number of gill-rakers; head length 31.7-35.6% of standard length; preanal length 58.7-63.1% of standard length; head width 42.2-45.4% head length; premaxillary pedicel length 22.3-25.9% head length (Ref. 55908).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Occurs in areas with a bottom deposit of diatom ooze (Ref. 267). Probably feeds on diatoms (Ref. 5595).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Maréchal, C., 1991. Alticorpus. p. 2-3. 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. 5594)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01445 (0.00671 - 0.03113), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (17 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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