FB-2267 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2267 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Docimodus Docimodus evelynae Eccles & Lewis, 1976 Evelyns Buntbarsch Juovaputsarihautoja Chigumbuli Mbuna 1991-02-22 2021-10-07 Eccles, D.H. and E. Trewavas0 Malawian cichlid fishes: the classification of some haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, West Germany. 334 p. (Ref. 267) Eccles, D.H. and D.S.C. Lewis0 A revision of the genus <i>Docimodus</i> Boulenger (Pisces, Cichlidae) a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 58:165-172. (Ref. 2040) Konings, A.0 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) Maréchal, C.0 Docimodus. p. 80-81. 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. 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(Ref. 55954) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-2267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-22 00:00:00 2021-10-07 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=2267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Occurs mainly in rocky areas but also lives in intermediate zone (Ref. 5595). Juveniles feed mainly on aufwuchs and plankton, but specimens up to 5 cm SL clean, scrape fungi from other species (Ref. 267), while adults feed on skin of catfish (Bagrus meridionalis) and scales of larger fishes (Ref. 5595). Maréchal, C. 1991 Docimodus. p. 80-81. 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. 5629) FB-Distribution-2267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-25 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=2267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi; widespread. Maréchal, C. 1991 Docimodus. p. 80-81. 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. 5629) FB-Uses-2267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-22 00:00:00 2021-10-07 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=2267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) FB-TrophicStrategy-2267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-10-27 00:00:00 2000-12-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public evelynae http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Occurs mainly in rocky areas but also lives in intermediate zone (Ref. 5595). Juveniles feed mainly on Aufwuchs and plankton, but specimens up to 5 cm SL clean, scrape fungi from other species (Ref. 267), while adults feed on skin of catfish (Bagrus meridionalis) and scales of larger fishes (Ref. 5595). Maréchal, C. 1991 Docimodus. p. 80-81. 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. 5629) FB-Size-2267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-22 00:00:00 2021-10-07 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=2267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 20.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5629)) Maréchal, C. 1991 Docimodus. p. 80-81. 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. 5629) 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#DiagnosticDescription 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-2267 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-02-22 00:00:00 2021-10-07 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=2267 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 7.4 - 8.4; dH range: 7 - 30