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Stauffer Jr.0 Review of the Lake Malawi genus <i>Melanochromis</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 3258:1-27. (Ref. 89864) FB-GeneralDescr-2348 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-01 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=2348 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found over rocky substrates (Ref. 6307). Maréchal, C. 1991 Melanochromis. p. 258-265. 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. 5663) FB-Distribution-2348 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-01 00:00:00 2017-08-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2348 Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi (Ref. 5663, 89864). Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2012 Review of the Lake Malawi genus <i>Melanochromis</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 3258:1-27. (Ref. 89864) FB-Uses-2348 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-01 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=2348 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-LifeCycle-2348 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tom Froese 1991-03-01 00:00:00 2021-10-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=2348&StockCode=2542 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Females are mouthbrooders. Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. (Ref. 2060) FB-Size-2348 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-01 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=2348 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 11.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5663)) Maréchal, C. 1991 Melanochromis. p. 258-265. 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. 5663) 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/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-2348 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-01 00:00:00 2021-10-07 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2348 demersal; freshwater; depth range 8 - 40 m