FB-2369 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Maylandia Maylandia greshakei (Meyer & Förster, 1984) Greshakei Pseudotropheus ice blue William's mbuna Ruoste-evämalawinahven Mbuna 格氏拟丽鱼 格氏擬麗魚 Metriaclima greshakei (Meyer & Förster, 1984) Metriaclima greshekai (Meyer & Förster, 1984) Pseudotropheus greshakei Meyer & Förster, 1984 1991-03-04 2012-06-23 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Konings, A.0 Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat. Verduijn Cichlids, Holland & Lake Fish Movies, West Germany. 303 p. (Ref. 269) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. (Ref. 2059) Konings, A.0 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) Maréchal, C.0 Pseudotropheus. p. 401-415. In J. 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Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(3):233-246. (Ref. 76849) Condé, B. and J. Géry0 <i>Maylandia</i> 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 <i>Metriaclima</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 2738:1-25. (Ref. 86409) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2012-06-23 07:41:36 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits the rocky biotope of the reefs, where the rocks are permanently covered with a layer of sediment. Feeds mainly from the phytoplankton in the open water. Territorial males feed from the biocover on the rocks (Ref. 5595). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black <i>Pseudotropheus zebra</i> (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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 1998-11-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Gill rakers on first ceratobranchial 8-12; gill rakers on first epibranchial 2-3. Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black <i>Pseudotropheus zebra</i> (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) FB-Morphology-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-12 00:00:00 1998-11-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7 Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black <i>Pseudotropheus zebra</i> (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) FB-Distribution-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Africa: endemic to Makokola in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi. Maréchal, C. 1991 Pseudotropheus. p. 401-415. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5684) FB-Uses-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2012-06-23 07:41:36 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) Konings, A. 1990 Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 495 p. (Ref. 5595) FB-LifeCycle-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2012-06-23 07:41:36 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=2369&StockCode=2563 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Oviparous (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-10-27 00:00:00 2000-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public greshakei http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Inhabits the rocky biotope of the reefs, where the rocks are permanently covered with a layer of sediment. Feeds mainly from the phytoplankton in the open water. Territorial males feed from the biocover on the rocks. Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 1997 A revision of the blue-black <i>Pseudotropheus zebra</i> (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) FB-Size-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2012-06-23 07:41:36 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 13.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5684)) Maréchal, C. 1991 Pseudotropheus. p. 401-415. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5684) 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/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 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-2369 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-04 00:00:00 2012-06-23 07:41:36 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2369 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses demersal; freshwater; depth range 15 - 35 m