FB-50265 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50265 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Adrianichthyidae Oryzias Oryzias dancena (Hamilton, 1822) Neochromis gigas Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998 1998-11-24 2025-03-07 van Oijen, M.J.P.0 The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zool. Verh. Leiden 302:57-110. (Ref. 12750) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes0 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-GeneralDescr-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50273 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits rocky shores where it is more abundant at gently sloping shores than at steeply sloping shores. Females, non-territorial males and subadults often found foraging in groups. Feeds on plants (Ref. 27668). Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Morphology-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 1998-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50273 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 29 - 31 Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Distribution-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50273 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: Lake Victoria. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-LifeCycle-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=50273&StockCode=42016 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Mouth brooder with usually maternal parental care. Male defends territories. Brooding female guards fry in often not more than 0.5 m deep water, where it establishes small territories. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-TrophicStrategy-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-03-30 00:00:00 2004-10-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ gigas Inhabits rocky shores where it is more abundant at gently sloping shores than at steeply sloping shores. Females, non-territorial males and subadults often found foraging in groups. Feeds on plants (Ref. 27668). Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Size-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50273 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 14.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27668)) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) 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#Threats 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-50273 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1998-11-24 00:00:00 2000-03-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50273 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; freshwater; depth range ? - 4 m (Ref. 27668) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668)