分类 / Names
俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Actinopterygii
辐鳍鱼纲 (条鳍鱼) >
Perciformes (Perch-likes) >
Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Maylandia: In honour of Hans J. Mayland, German ictiologist (Ref. 45335).
环境 / 气候 / 范围
生态学
; 淡水 居于水底的; pH range: 8.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 19; 深度上下限 6 - 28 m. 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672), preferred ?; 8°S - 15°S
Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi. Occurs on the northwestern coast between Cape Manulo and Kande Islands. Also found on Jalo Reef, at Namalenje Islands, Cape Maclear, Monkey Bay, Boadzulu Islands and Nkopola. On the eastern part, occurs at Fort Maguire, Masinje on Likoma and Chisumulu Islands (Ref. 5595).
大小 / 重量 / 年龄
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.3 cm SL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 5684)
背棘 (总数): 16 - 19; 背的软条 (总数): 7-10; 臀棘 3-4; 臀鳍软条: 6 - 9. Diagnosis: head moderately sloped; rostral tip of the neurocranium swollen; jaws isognathus; outer rows of the jaws with bicuspid teeth; absence of any interrupted pigment in the pale blue dorsal fin in combination with black bars on a blue ground; gill rakers on first ceratobranchial 8-14; gill rakers on first epibranchial 1-3 (Ref. 27596). Females with gray/blue to blue/brown ground color and no yellow pigment in unpaired fins, ocelli in anal fin present (Ref. 76849).
Found in rocky areas which may be sediment-free and shallow or sediment-rich at somewhat deeper levels. Feeds at right angles with the substrate by combing loose material from the biocover. Also feeds on plankton in the open water (Ref. 5595).
Life cycle and mating behavior
成熟度 | 繁殖 | 产卵场 | 卵 | 孕卵数 | 仔鱼
Produces up to 60 eggs.
Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye, 1997. 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)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
人类利用
水族馆: 高经济性
更多信息
参考文献养殖养殖信息品种遗传学基因序列遗传率疾病加工Mass conversion
工具
特别资料
下载 XML
网络资源
