FB-52141 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52141 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Orthochromis Orthochromis luichensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998 Mbipia mbipi Lippitsch & Bouton, 1998 1999-04-12 2024-05-09 van Oijen, M.J.P.0 The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zool. Verh. Leiden 302:57-110. (Ref. 12750) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes0 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-GeneralDescr-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2000-03-22 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=52152 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Inhabits various stony and rocky habitats, including stone-sand mixed substrates. It is generally more abundant at gently sloping shores with small and medium sized rock boulders. Females, non-territorial males and subadults are gregarious and forage in groups. Feeds on a variety of food items such as diatoms, filamentous epilithic algae, detritus, insect larvae and Bryozoa. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Morphology-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 1999-04-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52152 Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 29 - 30 Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Distribution-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 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=52152 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: known from most of south-eastern Lake Victoria. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-LifeCycle-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2000-03-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=52152&StockCode=43425 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats A polygynous female mouthbrooder with maternal parental care. Males defend territories of usually less than a square meter surface around a larger crevice. During courtship and male-male interactions they leave the crevice, but usually do not move far away from it. Females are led to the crevice, where the spawning takes place. Males are vigorously defending the territories against conspecific males. Brooding females guard small territories around a small cave at variable water depths. In the aquarium, females release their fry after about 21 days but continue to keep them in the mouth in situations of danger and at night, for up to another 21 days. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-TrophicStrategy-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-01-25 00:00:00 2001-01-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public mbipi http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits various stony and rocky habitats, including stone-sand mixed substrates. It is generally more abundant at gently sloping shores with small and medium sized rock boulders. Females, nonterritorial males and subadults are gregarious and forage in groups. Feeds on a variety of food items such as diatoms, filamentous epilithic algae, detritus, insect larvae and Bryozoa. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Size-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2000-03-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Chad Thomas General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52152 13.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27668)) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) 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/ Chad Thomas 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-52152 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2000-03-22 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=52152 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 27668) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668)