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Alticorpus profundicola in Malawi

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Alticorpus profundicola   Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
Family:	Cichlidae (Cichlids) , subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	12.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5594)
Environment:	benthopelagic ; depth range 55 - 125 m
Climate:	tropical; 12°S - 13°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: ; aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi. Occurs off Nkota Kota.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 14-15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Diagnosis: 14-16 gill-rakers on the lower part of the first gill arch (Ref. 27611, 55908). Head relatively large, its length 37.4-38.2% of standard length, but head width relatively small, 39.2-40.4% head length; fins placed relatively posterior on the body, with preanal length 65.8-67.0% of standard length; premaxillary pedicel small, its length 19.8-20.0% head length (Ref. 55908). Description: premaxillary pedicel very short; small cleithral protuberance present; outer teeth on jaw weakly tri- or biscuspid, or unicuspid; inner teeth on jaw tricuspid; pharyngeal teeth relatively stout, the median ones slightly enlarged to submolariform; most gill-rakers simple, some bi- or trifid (Ref. 55908). Coloration: Preserved adult males: basic colour yellow-brown; 5-6 broad, dark, vertical bars below the dorsal fin; head brown; dorsal fin light brown with a black submarginal band and white lappets; pelvic and anal fins brownish dark; pectoral fin yellowish (Ref. 55908).
Biology:	Irregularly caught between 55 and 125 m depth (Ref. 5595), but found up to 159m (type material) (Ref. 55908)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Kullander, Sven O.
Main Ref:	Maréchal, C.. 1991. (Ref. 5594)
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Malawi country information
Common names:	Chisawasawa		Ref:  Nsiku, E., 1999
Status:	endemic		Ref:  Maréchal, C., 1991
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Known from off Nkhotakota (Ref. 55908). Also Ref. 5595.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mi.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa, 2004
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	Modified:  Musschoot, Tobias	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

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