FB-59734 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59734 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Balitoridae Hemimyzon Hemimyzon ecdyonuroides Freyhof & Herder, 2002 2002-08-07 2024-08-12 Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato0 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) Snoeks, J. (ed.)0 The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA, 360p. (Ref. 55463) Chisambo, J. and J. Snoeks0 Key to the deep-bodied, spotted Copadichromis species. p.261-265. In Snoeks, J. (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA, 360p. (Ref. 55953) Stauffer, J.R. and A.F. Konings0 Review of Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(1):9-42. (Ref. 57549) Konings, A.0 Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat. 4th edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. 424p. (Ref. 79521) FB-GeneralDescr-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-08-08 00:00:00 2024-03-27 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=59740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Inhabits the sand/rock interface; territorial males construct bowers on sand slopes near rocky areas with distances between bowers approximately 2-7m; females gather in large schools, sometimes numbering more than a hundred individuals; foraging schools are about 2-3m off the bottom and feed on plankton in the water column and on benthic invertebrates; mouthbrooding females are found close to the bottom (Ref. 57549). Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) FB-DiagnosticDescr-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2002-10-02 00:00:00 2008-10-31 22:30:54 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: 3 lateral spots on the body (Ref. 57549). Supra-pectoral spot about 1-1.5 times the supra-anal spot (Ref. 57549) and overlapping upper lateral line (Ref. 42940). Supra-anal spot present (Ref. 42940, 57549). Spots in the rayed portion of dorsal fin yellow; anal fin black (Ref. 42940). Breeding males with wide yellow marginal band in anal fin (Ref. 42940, 57549), blue breast and a narrow black submarginal band in the dorsal fin (Ref. 57549). Caudal fin membrane yellow, in breeding males with broad bands; pectoral fin completely black; dorsal fin base length 56.3-62.45% SL; 14-20 gill rakers on the ceratobranchial (Ref. 42940).Description: dorsal snout profile straight; gape inclination of mouth about 35° to horizontal; jaws isognathous; teeth in outer rows on dentary and premaxilla of mature males for most part large and unicuspid, with occasional bicuspid tooth, but bicuspid in females and immatures; lower pharyngeal jaw small, dentigerous area notched posteriorly, with small bicuspid teeth; gill rakers short (Ref. 57549).Coloration. breeding males: head with bright blue interorbital, gray cheeks with blue highlights, and black throat; lateral portion of body with blue ground color, anterior portion of scales gold; breast blue; shoulders gray anteriorly and bright blue posteriorly; dorsal fin pale blue with a black submarginal band on anterior half and white marginal band; caudal fin with ventral and dorsal 2 rays and membranes black, interior membranes transparent with blue rays and gold/yellow membranes; anal-fin rays and membranes proximal 3/4 black, distal 1/4 with white membranes and yellow spines and rays; pectoral fin clear; proximal 3/4 of pelvic fin black, distal 1/4 clear, membranes with micro-melanophores, white leading edge (Ref. 57549). Females: dorsal portion of head gray and ventral portion white; throat white; lateral portion of body, dorsal 1/3 gray and ventral 2/3 white; anterior portion of scales outlined in gold; 3 conspicuous black spots on flank; supra-pectoral spot below 1O-12th scale in contact with upper lateral line (Nankumba population) or not in contact with lateral line (Gome population) and about 1-1.5 times size of supra-anal spot; supra-anal spot at 22-24th scale above and in contact with lower lateral line and covering 3-4 scales; caudal spot on caudal base and onto peduncle; 3 vertical bars between supra-pectoral spot and dorsal-fin origin; dorsal fin clear with yellow spots, black submarginal band, white marginal band, and yellow lappets; caudal-fin rays and membranes white with yellow spots; proximal 1/3 of anal fin clear, middle 1/3 dusky, and distal 1/3 clear; pectoral and pelvic fins clear (Ref. 57549). Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) FB-Morphology-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2002-10-02 00:00:00 2008-10-31 22:30:54 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10 Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) FB-Distribution-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-08-08 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=59740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi, occurring along the rocky shores of Nankumba Peninsula and along those shores between the Masinje River and Gome Village. Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) FB-LifeCycle-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2002-08-08 00:00:00 2024-03-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=59740&StockCode=49476 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Builds bowers on a sand slope near rocky area at depth of 16-25 m. Bowers are circular or oval in shape with slight depression on the center and a surrounding sand mound. These contain a stone usually at the deeper margin of the sand mound. The depression is usually deepest near the stone and spawning takes place at this deepest part. Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) FB-Size-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-08-08 00:00:00 2024-03-27 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=59740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 10.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 42940)) Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940) 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#Distribution 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-59740 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-08-08 00:00:00 2024-03-27 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=59740 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size pelagic; freshwater; depth range 12 - 25 m (Ref. 42940) Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and T. Sato 2002 A new species of Copadichromis (Cichlidae) from Thumbi West Island, Lake Malawi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):91-95. (Ref. 42940)