FB-9181 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9181 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Xenotilapia Xenotilapia spilopterus Poll & Stewart, 1975 Pilkkuhiekkahautoja 斑鰭奇非鯽 斑鳍奇非鲫 Xenotilapia spiloptera Poll & Stewart, 1975 1994-03-08 2021-06-15 Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. (Ref. 2059) Maréchal, C. and M. Poll0 Xenotilapia. p. 537-543. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5717) Brichard, P.0 Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 544 p. (Ref. 6770) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) De Vos, L., L. Risch and D.F.E. 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Winberg and N. Kolm0 Distinct evolutionary patterns of brain and body size during adaptive radiation. Evolution 63:2266-2274. (Ref. 118251) Tsuboi, M., W. van der Bijl, B.T. Kopperud, J. Erritzoe, K.L. Voje, A. Kotrschal, K.E. Yopak, S.P. Collin, A.N. Iwaniuk and N. Kolm0 Breakdown of brain-body allometry and the encephalization of birds and mammals. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 2:1495-1500. (Ref. 118717) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-08 00:00:00 2021-06-15 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=9181 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Lives in groups, sometimes large schools; biparental mouthbrooder (Ref. 6770, 46829). Lives over the sand of the intermediate habitat; forages by scooping up sandy substrate or sediment and sifting it through gills; feeds mainly on insect larvae; rarely large schools are found in mid-water feeding on zooplankton (Ref. 46829). Konings, A. 1998 Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press. 272 p. (Ref. 46829) FB-Distribution-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-08 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=9181 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, widely distributed in the southern part of the lake (Ref. 46829). Konings, A. 1998 Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press. 272 p. (Ref. 46829) FB-Uses-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-08 00:00:00 2021-06-15 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=9181 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats aquarium: commercial Brichard, P. 1989 Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 544 p. (Ref. 6770) FB-LifeCycle-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-03-08 00:00:00 2021-06-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=9181&StockCode=9502 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Biparental mouthbrooder (Ref. 6770, 46829). Konings, A. 1998 Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press. 272 p. (Ref. 46829) FB-TrophicStrategy-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2002-02-20 00:00:00 2002-02-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public spilopterus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 40115). Kohda, M., Y. Yanagisawa, T. Sato, K. Nakaya, Y. Niimura, K. Matsumoto and H. Ochi 1996 Geographical colour variation in cichlid fishes at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. Environ. Biol. Fishes 45(3):237-248. (Ref. 40115) FB-Size-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-08 00:00:00 2021-06-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9181 9.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5717)) Maréchal, C. and M. Poll 1991 Xenotilapia. p. 537-543. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5717) 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-9181 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-08 00:00:00 2021-06-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9181 demersal; freshwater