FB-64903 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64903 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Pseudochromidae Pseudochromis Pseudochromis matahari Gill, Erdmann & Allen, 2009 2009-04-01 2024-03-20 Konings-Dudin, G, A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa 2076:37-59. (Ref. 80784) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr.0 Review of the Lake Malawi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 3258:1-27. (Ref. 89864) FB-GeneralDescr-64912 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-28 22:33:20 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64912 Occurs in shallow, rocky habitat; mostly seen solitary; not uncommon; males do not defend territory, but displays between males are frequent and short of duration; feeds from aufwuchs on rocks from which it picks algal strands and diatoms (Ref. 80784). Konings-Dudin, G, A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2009 Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa 2076:37-59. (Ref. 80784) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64912 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-28 22:55:52 2009-04-28 22:55:52 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64912 Melanochromis wochepa is distinguished from its congeners, except M. auratus, M. dialeptos, and M. mossambiquensis, by a steeper-angled vomer (72–80° vs. 35–53°). It is distinguished from M. auratus, M. dialeptos, and M. mossambiquensis by the male coloration pattern which is blue without white stripes and which is brown/black with yellow and pale-blue stripes in males of the other species. Female M. wochepa are distinguished from M. auratus by a submarginal dorsal band that is wider than the mid-lateral and the dorsolateral stripe. The abdominal yellow stripes in female M. wochepa are thin and never cover the entire lower abdomen, while those in female M. auratus usually cover the entire lower half of the body. M. wochepa is further distinguished from M. dialeptos by a longer head (30.2–33.3 vs. 29.8–31.4 % SL), a deeper body (30.2–34.7 vs. 26.8–31.8 % SL), by a larger distance between the posterior dorsal and pelvic fin (53.3–59.8 % vs. 49.8–55.8 % SL), by a longer pectoral fin (22.8–33.0 % vs. 19.5–24.3 % SL), and by more dorsal-fin rays(7–10 (mode 9) vs. 7–9 (mode 7)). It is further distinguished from M. mossambiquensis by a deeper body as expressed in a larger distance between the origins of the dorsal and anal fins (49.6–54.5 % vs. 47.1–50.8 % SL) and a larger distance between the origins of the dorsal and pelvic fins (30.1–36.4 % vs. 27.6–33.4 % SL), and by a shorter lower jaw (26.7–32.5 % vs. 29.0–41.5 % HL). Konings-Dudin, G, A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2009 Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa 2076:37-59. (Ref. 80784) FB-Distribution-64912 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-28 22:49:07 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64912 Africa: endemic to lake Malawi (Ref. 80784, 89864) Konings, A.F. and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2012 Review of the Lake Malawi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 3258:1-27. (Ref. 89864) FB-TrophicStrategy-64912 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-28 23:43:16 2009-04-28 23:43:16 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ wochepa Habitat preference and behavior of M. wochepa is similar to those of M. auratus and M. dialeptos. It occurs in the shallow rocky habitat and is mostly seen solitary, although it is not an uncommonappearance. Males in breeding coloration do not defend a territory, but displays between males are frequentbut of short duration. Melanochromis wochepa primarily feeds from the aufwuchs on rocks from which it picks algal strands and diatoms. Konings-Dudin, G, A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2009 Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa 2076:37-59. (Ref. 80784) FB-Size-64912 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-28 22:33:20 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64912 6.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 80784)) Konings-Dudin, G, A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr. 2009 Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa 2076:37-59. (Ref. 80784) 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-64912 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-04-28 22:33:20 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64912 benthopelagic; freshwater