FB-64051 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64051 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Amphiliidae Amphilius Amphilius mamonekenensis Skelton, 2007 Mbuna Metriaclima flavifemina Konings & Stauffer, 2006 Metriaclima heteropictus (non Staeck, 1980) Pseudotropheus heteropictus (non Staeck, 1980) 2008-06-27 2013-07-18 Ribbink, A.J., B.A. Marsh, A.C. Marsh, A.C. Ribbink and B.J. Sharp0 A preliminary survey of the cichlid fishes of rocky habitats in Lake Malawi. S. Afr. J. Zool. 18(3):147-310. (Ref. 6256) Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye0 A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) Condé, B. and J. Géry0 Maylandia Meyer et Foerster, 1984, un nom générique disponible (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 26(1-2):21-22. (Ref. 79558) Ciccotto, P.J., A. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Descriptions of five new species in the genus Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 2738:1-25. (Ref. 86409) Stauffer, J.R., K. Black and A.F. Konings0 Descriptions of five new species of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 3647(1):101-136. (Ref. 93436) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-30 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64059 Lives in sand-rock interface over slabs, over pockets of sand among the rocks and occasionally over broken rock (Ref. 6256). Males are territorial and chase mainly conspecific males from their territories, with a territory normally consisting of a space between the rocks often with a sandy bottom; males at the bottom of the reef usually burrow from beneath a rock to create a spawning cave (Ref. 76849). Females are often solitary or sometimes occur in small groups, rarely numbering more than 3 individuals (Ref. 6256, 76849). Juveniles and non-territorial adult males occur singly, in pairs or in small groups of 3-8 fish (Ref. 6256). Feeds from the sedimentrich aufwuchs on the rocks from which it rakes diatoms and loose algal strands (Ref. 76849). Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2006 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2008-10-30 18:26:59 2008-10-30 18:36:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64059 Diagnosis: juveniles and females light blue-beige to all yellow with bright yellow anal fin; males with black anal fin and black membranes in caudal fin; snout 27.7-36.6% head length; cheek depth 18.8-28.8% HL; caudal peduncle length of females 10.8-16.7% SL; body depth of females 32.9-38.8% SL (Ref. 76849).Description: head decurved; dorsal head profile straigth to slightly concave in larger individuals; gape inclination of mouth about 20° to horizontal; jaws isognathous; teeth on dentary in 3-5 rows, outer row teeth bicuspid and procumbent, inner rows teeth tricuspid, erect to procumbent; part of upper dental arcade normally exposed when mouth is closed; tips of teeth in premaxilla and dentary in a V-shaped line with anteriormost in upper and lower jaw furthest apart and not touching when mouth is closed; angle of ethmo-vomerine block with parasphenoid of 3 indivduals 31-41°; 3-5 scale rows on cheek; 3-5 teeth rows on upper jaw, 3-4 on lower; 0-3 pored scales post lateral line (Ref. 76849).Coloration: breeding males: head pale blue with black interorbital and two light-blue interorbital bands; cheek and chin rusty-red in males from Maleri and Chidunga, but blue in males from Nakantenga, Namalenje, and Thumbi West islands; body light-blue with 6-7 conspicuous black bars anterior to vent and 3 faint bars posterior to vent; belly rustybrown anteriorly and black posteriorly; dorsal fin pale blue with prominent submarginal black band, but black band lacking in some males of Thumbi West; all males with black membranes in rayed portion of dorsal fin and bars from body extend into dorsal fin, merging with submarginal band when present; lappets white; some males with small yellow-orange spots on distal margin of dorsal fin; caudal fin pale blue with black margins and black membranes; narrow yellow/orange distal margin; anal fin black with narrow white margin anteriorly, with 1-9 yellow ocelli; pelvic fin black with white or white/yellow leading margin; pectoral fin clear to gray; males at Maleri and Nankoma islands and at Chidunga Rocks have a rusty-red to orange patch on cheek and chin while such is absent in males of other populations (Ref. 76849). Females (Maleri Island and Chidunga): head yellow or pale yellow; body yellow to beige/yellow; dorsal fin light yellow with orange/yellow lappets and orange/yellow spots on distal margin; caudal fin yellow with tiny blue highlights on membranes; anal fin bright yellow to orange/yellow with narrow hyaline band proximally, without ocelli; pelvic fin yellow with white leading margin; pectoral fin with fine yellow pigment (Ref. 76849). Females (Thumbi West and Nakantenga): head gray/beige with 2 pale yellow/blue interorbital bars; green/blue highlights on postorbital region and green/blue to gray opercular spot; body light blue/beige with faint gray bars; dorsal fin light blue/beige with gray submarginal band and gray membranes in trailing portion and with lappets white/yellow proximally and orange/yellow distally; orange/yellow spots in rayed portion of dorsal fin; caudal fin gray with narrow upper and lower border yellow with white margin, trailing border yellow, and tiny blue highlights on membranes; anal fin bright yellow to orange/yellow with hyaline band proximally and 1-2 small yellow/orange spots on trailing edge; pelvic fin yellow with dark gray submarginal band and white leading margin; pectoral fin hyaline (Ref. 76849). Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2006 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) FB-Morphology-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2008-10-30 18:26:59 2008-10-30 18:36:42 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64059 Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Analsoft rays: 6 - 9 Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2006 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) FB-Distribution-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-30 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64059 Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, Malawi (Ref. 76849). Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2006 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) FB-TrophicStrategy-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2008-11-06 20:06:59 2008-11-06 20:06:59 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ flavifemina Lives in sand-rock interface over slabs, over pockets of sand among the rocks and occasionally over broken rock. Common in depths of 15-25 m. but occur in 4-50 m depth. Males territorial over sand and dig sand-scrape nests. Females juveniles and non-territorial adult males occur singly, in pairs or in small groups of 3-8 fish. Ribbink, A.J., B.A. Marsh, A.C. Marsh, A.C. Ribbink and B.J. Sharp 1983 A preliminary survey of the cichlid fishes of rocky habitats in Lake Malawi. S. Afr. J. Zool. 18(3):147-310. (Ref. 6256) FB-Size-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-30 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64059 8.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 76849)) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2006 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-64059 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-30 00:00:00 2024-03-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64059 benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range 4 - 50 m (Ref. 6256), usually 6 - 15 m (Ref. 76849) Ribbink, A.J., B.A. Marsh, A.C. Marsh, A.C. Ribbink and B.J. Sharp 1983 A preliminary survey of the cichlid fishes of rocky habitats in Lake Malawi. S. Afr. J. Zool. 18(3):147-310. (Ref. 6256) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2006 Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849)