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Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8349 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Gill rakers on first ceratobranchial 7-9; gill rakers on first epibranchial 1-3. Stauffer, J.R. Jr. 1994 A new species of <i>Iodotropheus</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 5(4):331-344. (Ref. 26709) FB-Morphology-8349 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8349 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analsoft rays: 6 - 8 Stauffer, J.R. Jr. 1994 A new species of <i>Iodotropheus</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 5(4):331-344. (Ref. 26709) FB-Distribution-8349 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1993-08-30 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8349 Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi. Occurs in Boadzulu and Chinyankwazi Islands. Also recorded from Chinyamwezi Island (Ref. 26709). Maréchal, C. 1991 Iodotropheus. p. 200-201. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5649) FB-Uses-8349 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1993-08-30 00:00:00 1994-08-31 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=8349 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) FB-LifeCycle-8349 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tom Froese 1993-08-30 00:00:00 1994-08-31 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=8349&StockCode=8663 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Female is mouthbrooder. Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. (Ref. 2060) FB-Size-8349 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1993-08-30 00:00:00 1994-08-31 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=8349 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 10.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5649)) Maréchal, C. 1991 Iodotropheus. p. 200-201. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5649) 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#DiagnosticDescription 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-8349 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1993-08-30 00:00:00 1994-08-31 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=8349 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology benthopelagic; freshwater