Haplochromis bwathondii Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010

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Haplochromis bwathondii : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010 b : 231-237, fig. 18, 20Description of three phytoplanktivorous species: Haplochromis bwathondii. | de Zeeuw et al., 2010 : 227, 231-237, 245, 246, fig. 18, 20Seven new species of detritivorous and phytoplanktivorous haplochromines from Lake Victoria..

Attributs

DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Current distribution known : only known from Lake Victoria .
Dentition : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Distribution_references : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds mainly on Cyanophyta, both during day and night. During the daytime, Aulacoseira and occasionally other small diatoms such as Nitzschia, are also consumed. By night it feeds also on adult insects and insect pupae from the water surface .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Habitat / home range : caught mainly in the sub-littoral areas of the Mwanza Gulf over mud bottoms .
Habitat_references : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Morphology / anatomy : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Reproduction : a female mouth brooder that spawns the whole year .
Reproduction_references : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Scales : Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010b .
Size : 75.3 mm SL .
Types :
- Haplochromis bwathondii Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010: 231-237, fig. 18, 20. Type locality: Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania; Holotype RMNH 73244; paratypes RMNH 66834, RMNH 73240, RMNH 73241, RMNH 73242, RMNH 73243, RMNH 73246, RMNH 73247, RMNH 73248, RMNH 73431, RMNH 73432, RMNH 73433, RMNH 73434, RMNH 73482, RMNH 73745, RMNH 73746, RMNH 73747, RMNH 77783, RMNH 77881, RMNH 79221, RMNH 79222, RMNH 79223, RMNH 79224, RMNH 79225, RMNH 79226, RMNH 79227, RMNH 79228, RMNH 79229, RMNH 79230, RMNH 79231, RMNH 79232, RMNH 79233, RMNH 79234, RMNH 79235, RMNH 79237, RMNH 79238, RMNH 79239, RMNH 79240, RMNH 79241, RMNH 79864, RMNH 79865, RMNH 79866, RMNH 79867, RMNH 80470, RMNH 80471, RMNH 80841, RMNH 80950, RMNH 80951, RMNH 80952, RMNH 80953, RMNH 80954, RMNH 81562, RMNH 84025, NSMT-P 98083, RMNH 84027, RMNH 84028, RMNH 84029, RMNH 84030, RMNH 84031, RMNH 84032, RMNH 84033, , RMNH 84034, RMNH 84035, RMNH 84036, BMNH 2010.3.23:6, AMNH 250808, RMNH 84039, RMNH 84040, RMNH 84041, RMNH 84042, RMNH 84043, RMNH 84044.