Mchenga cyclicos

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Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)

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> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Mchenga: Name from Chichewa, the indigenous language of Malawi; mchenga (sand), was chosen to indicate the type of bowers constructed by the members of this genus. Gender is feminine..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 2 - 3 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Africa: Lake Malawi.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27597)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 16 - 17; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 10-12; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: 10-12 gill rakers on outer ceratobranchial (Ref. 27597, 57549), 4-5 on outer epibranchial (Ref. 27597). No yellow ocelli on anal fin of females and non-breeding males; breeding male with black markings in caudal fin; teeth in outer rows on dentary and premaxilla of mature males small and bicuspid (Ref. 57549).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Forages in the water column, feeding mainly on zooplankton (Ref. 27597).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Male builds cone-shaped bowers in breeding arenas over sand at 3-7 m deep.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Kullander, Sven O. | Colaboradores

Stauffer, J.R. Jr., T.J. LoVullo and K.R. McKaye, 1993. Three new sand-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a discussion of the status of the genus Copadichormis (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Copeia 1993(4):1017-1027. (Ref. 27597)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Near Threatened (NT) (B1a+2a); Date assessed: 09 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Metabolismo
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Ecotoxicología
Reproducción
Madurez
Puesta
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Fecundidad
Huevos
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).