FB-62412 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62412 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Placidochromis Placidochromis vulgaris Hanssens, 2004 2005-11-29 2024-03-25 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Snoeks, J. (ed.)0 The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA, 360p. (Ref. 55463) Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa0 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908) Konings, A.0 Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat. 4th edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. 424p. (Ref. 79521) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 19:39:30 2024-08-12 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=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Deep-living species; fairly equally distributed below a depth of 60 m (Ref. 55908). Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 20:30:54 2005-11-30 21:44:02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: no protuberance on the chest; low number of gill-rakers; pores on the head, and infra-orbital bones larger than in A. mentale; lower jaw 38.5-46.1 (mean 41.5) percent of head length (Ref. 55908).Description: body shape variable, ranging from slightly elongate to deep bodied; large opening of sensory canals on head and heavily inflated infra-orbital series, leaving only a small portion of the cheek with scales; lower jaw slightly prognathous; all teeth unicuspid and of the same size; many rows of inner teeth; gap between inner and outer teeth not very clear; all teeth recurved, but more so in lower jaw; some series of teeth on lower jaw visible when mouth is closed, due to inflated and outwards, ventrally curved dentigerous area of dentary; dentigerous area of premaxilla can be slightly inflated and curved outwards; 2-3 series of scales on cheek; lower pharyngeal bone short and broad; shape of pharyngeal teeth very variable, ranging from fine to molariform; gill-rakers long and slender, the largest ones may be polyfid; 20-30 scales in upper part of lateral line, 10-20 in lower part (Ref. 55908).Coloration: Live: Adult territorial males: background color green-blue to purple with black bars; dorsal parts of head and body with brownish hue; green-blue component most pronounced on lateral parts of head; ventral parts black; dorsal and caudal fins grey brown; dorsal fin lappets white; dark maculae and striae pattern on dorsal and caudal fins; black pelvic fins with white leading edge; pectoral fins grey; anal fin black with large white or yellow ocelli (Ref. 55908). Females: silvery with a bronze hue and brownish dorsal parts; fins yellowish-grey; dorsal fin lappets brown-yellow; vague dark maculae and striae pattern on dorsal and caudal fins (Ref. 55908). Color pattern of immature and non-territorial males intermediate between female and adult male pattern, gradually becoming more bronzy and then darker and green-blue with increasing territoriality (Ref. 55908). Preserved: Females, juveniles and non-territorial males: brownish or greyish yellow with 6 to 7 vertical bars below the dorsal fin; dorsal and caudal fins greyish yellow with dark maculae on the dorsal fin, but less so on the caudal fin; pelvic and anal fins yellowish; pectorals whitish transparent; in adults from the southern part, the ventral parts are silvery, while they are yellowish in specimens from the central and northern region (Ref. 55908). Territorial males: brown to dark brown with dark vertical bars and more yellowish brown on the body parts in between; some specimens with almost black branchiostegal membranes and ventral body parts, in others grey-brown; fins dark brown, except for pectorals which are whitish; dorsal fin lappets white; lighter coloured adult males have a silvery shimmer on the ventral part of their body (Ref. 55908). Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908) FB-Morphology-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 20:30:54 2005-11-30 21:44:02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10 Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908) FB-Distribution-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 19:45:03 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=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, widely distributed (Ref. 55463). Snoeks, J. (ed.) 2004 The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA, 360p. (Ref. 55463) FB-Uses-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 19:39:30 2024-08-12 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=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 19:39:30 2024-08-12 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=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 15.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 55908)) Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908) 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#Habitat 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-62418 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2005-11-30 19:39:30 2024-08-12 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=62418 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range 18 - 150 m (Ref. 55908) Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa 2004 The genus <i>Alticorpus</i> Stauffer & McKaye, 1988. p. 27-56. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55908)