FB-50141 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50141 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Serranoidei Anthiadidae Acanthistius Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840) Maylandia sandaracinos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) Maylandia thapsinogen (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) Metriaclima pyrsonotos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 Metriaclima sandaracinos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 Metriaclima thapsinogen Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 1998-11-02 2000-02-03 Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye0 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of January 2004. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in January 2004. (Ref. 50838) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) Konings, A.0 Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat. 4th edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. 424p. (Ref. 79521) Condé, B. and J. Géry0 Maylandia Meyer et Foerster, 1984, un nom générique disponible (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 26(1-2):21-22. (Ref. 79558) Ciccotto, P.J., A. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Descriptions of five new species in the genus Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 2738:1-25. (Ref. 86409) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-50175 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2024-05-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50175 Found at rocky shores (Ref. 27596). Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) FB-DiagnosticDescr-50175 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 2018-02-08 19:58:53 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50175 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Diagnosis: The moderately sloped head, swollen rostral tip of the neurocranium, isognathous jaws, and the presence of bicuspid teeth in the outer rows of the jaws place this species in Maylandia (Ref. 27596). The red dorsal fin in combination with black bars on a blue ground colour distinguish this species from all other members of the genus except for Maylandia emmiltos, which also has a red dorsal fin; Maylandia pyrsonotos differs from all the other red top BB forms in that the vertical black lateral bars infiltrate the proximal portion of the dorsal fin (Ref. 27596).Description: Jaws isognathous; teeth on jaws in 2-4 rows; majority of teeth in outer rows bicuspid, with a few posterior unicuspid teeth; those in inner rows tricuspid; 4-13 teeth in outer row of left lower jaw (Ref. 27596, 76849). Dorsal fin with 16-18 spines; dorsal-fin rays 8-10; pectoral fins with 12-17 rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 6-8 rays (Ref. 27596). Lower pharyngeal bone triangular in outline (Ref. 27596). Scales along side ctenoid; 29-32 lateral-line scales; 0-2 pored scales post lateral line; 3-5 scale rows on cheek (Ref. 27596, 76849). First gill arch with 8-14 rakers on the ceratobranchial, 2-3 on epibranchial, and 1 between the epibranchial and ceratobranchial (Ref. 27596).Colouration: Breeding males have a light blue ground colourartion laterally with 5-6 black vertical bars anterior to the caudal peduncle; belly black fading to light blue posteriorly; head black with 2 light interorbital bars; dorsal fin red/orange with vertical lateral bars of side sometimes penetrating the fin; light blue lappets; caudal fin blue with sometimes an orange cast; anal fin blue with 1-4 yellow ocelli; pelvic fins black with white leading edges (Ref. 27596). Females blue/gray laterally with faint barring; sometimes almost entirely black; head black with gray interorbital bars; dorsal fin with brown cast; anal fin and pelvic fins black (Ref. 27596). Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) FB-Morphology-50175 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 2018-02-08 19:58:53 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50175 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 9 Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) FB-Distribution-50175 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50175 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: Lake Malawi in Malawi (Ref. 27596). Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) FB-Size-50175 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2024-05-13 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=50175 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 8.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27596)) Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) 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-50175 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-10 00:00:00 2024-05-13 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=50175 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater