FB-62420 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62420 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Telmatochromis Telmatochromis brachygnathus Hanssens & Snoeks, 2003 2005-12-01 2021-10-07 van Oijen, M.J.P.0 Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurge. Zool. Med. Leiden 78(13):249-255. (Ref. 55928) FB-GeneralDescr-62426 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-12-06 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62426 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Feeds on fishes (Ref. 55928). van Oijen, M.J.P. 2004 Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurge. Zool. Med. Leiden 78(13):249-255. (Ref. 55928) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62426 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-01-06 20:33:12 2006-01-06 20:33:12 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62426 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Diagnosis: body large, relatively slender and laterally compressed; macrognathic species; large head, long acute snout, acute lower jaw and prominent acute angular area; sides of lower jaw relatively flat; dorsal head profile slightly concave to almost straight; body without bars or stripes; live colors dark (yellowish) grey dorsally, silvery white with a yellow flush laterally, and white ventrally (Ref. 55928).Description: clear predatory facies; dorsal head profile with a relatively long incurvation above eye; premaxillary pedicel distinct, but smoothly merging into the curvation; gape moderately oblique; premaxilla slightly rostro-ventrad expanded medially, but more expanded in larger specimens; small part of maxilla exposed, vertical line through its posterior most point not touching anterior eye margin; lips broad, not thickened; lateral snout outline isognathous to slightly prognathous; tips of lower jaw protruding; rostral lower jaw outline slightly convex to straight; sides of lower jaw slightly oblique; teeth in outer rows of upper and lower oral jaw in adults moderately stout; cheek deep; mental area acute, with a distinct mental prominence; eye round, relatively small, its dorsal margin not touching dorsal head profile; pupil ovoid, an aphakic space rostral and ventral to the lens; horizontal limb of preoperculum distinctly declining ventrad, vertical limb of preoperculum inclining caudad; cephalic lateral line openings enlarged; lateral line canals on lachrymal not distinct; scales on cheek, gill-cover, interoperculum and nuchal area cycloid, the remainder of body with weakly ctenoid scales; 4 scales rows on cheek; 6 scale rows between bases of pectoral and pelvic fins; caudal fin base and membrane of proximal half of caudal fin covered with elongated weakly ctenoid scales; pectoral and pelvic fins reach a vertical line through origin of anal fin, except in smaller juveniles; anal and dorsal fin remain separated from vertical line through base of caudal fin; caudal peduncle longer than deep; caudal fin outline subtruncate and slightly emarginate (Ref. 55928).Coloration: Live: Quiescent males: snout dark grey with a yellow flush; head and body greenish-yellow dorsally, yellowish ventrally; dark opercular blotch on gill-cover; dorsal fin greyish with red streaks between rays, lappets dark grey; anal fin red proximally, grey bluish distally; three large yellow egg dummies on caudal part of anal fin; caudal fin dark proximally, hyaline distally, its caudal margin orange red; dark, sometimes reddish spots between rays of caudal fin; pectoral fins hyaline; pelvic fins black (Ref. 55928). Females and juveniles: tip and dorsal part of lower lip, upper lip and snout dark yellowish grey; lower jaw white laterally; cheek silvery with a faint yellowish flush; ventral side of head, preoperculum, ventral part of gill-cover and branchiostegal membrane white; dorsal part of gill-cover apart from a dark opercular blotch, white with yellow flush; dorsal part of head and body dark, brownish; flank yellowish white; chest, belly and ventral side whitish; dorsal fin yellowish hyaline; dark reddish spots and streaks between dorsal fin rays; anal fin hyaline rostrally and proximally, its caudal corner with a yellowish flush; anal fin sometimes with 2-3 faint orange spots with a white rim; caudal fin proximally grey-brownish, distally hyaline; rays of pectoral fins dark, membrane hyaline; pelvic fins hyaline (Ref. 55928). Preserved: apart from a dark opercular blotch, dorsal head surface and dorsum, head and body uniformely yellowish brown; ventral parts of body and head silvery white in specimens not fixed in formalin before preservation in alcohol (Ref. 55928). van Oijen, M.J.P. 2004 Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurge. Zool. Med. Leiden 78(13):249-255. (Ref. 55928) FB-Morphology-62426 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2006-01-06 20:33:12 2006-01-06 20:33:12 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62426 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Analsoft rays: 10 van Oijen, M.J.P. 2004 Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurge. Zool. Med. Leiden 78(13):249-255. (Ref. 55928) FB-Distribution-62426 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-12-06 00:00:00 2007-06-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62426 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: Southern part of Lake Victoria. van Oijen, M.J.P. 2004 Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurge. Zool. Med. Leiden 78(13):249-255. (Ref. 55928) FB-Size-62426 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-12-06 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62426 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 22.6 cm SL (female) van Oijen, M.J.P. 2004 Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurge. Zool. Med. Leiden 78(13):249-255. (Ref. 55928) 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-62426 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-12-06 00:00:00 2024-03-25 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=62426 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; freshwater