Haplochromis howesi Van Oijen, 1992 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Current distribution known : only known from Lake Victoria. All specimens were collected from rocky shores and rocky islands in the Mwanza Gulf, Tanzania .
  • Dentition : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Distribution_references : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : a predator species that feeds on fish, shrimps, insects and crabs. It is the only species in the lake known to feed regularly on crabs .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Habitat / home range : appears to be restricted to the spaces between boulders of rocky shores and rocky islands. Depth of capture varied between 0.5 and 2.5 m .
  • Habitat_references : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Osteology : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Scales : van Oijen, 1992 .
  • Size : 163.3 m SL .
  • Types :
    • Haplochromis howesi van Oijen, 1992: 562-575, fig. 1, 17, 28. Type locality: Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Holotype RMNH 31718; paratypes RMNH 30432, RMNH 30390, RMNH 30433, RMNH 30431, RMNH 31719, RMNH 30437-30438, RMNH 30448, RMNH 30447, RMNH 30440, RMNH 30428-30430, RMNH 30409-30410, RMNH 30412-30413, RMNH 30425-30427, RMNH 30387, RMNH 31720, RMNH 31721, RMNH 30439, RMNH 30386, RMNH 30420-30421, RMNH 30458, RMNH 30422-30424, RMNH 30414-30415, RMNH 30442-30446, RMNH 30434-30436, RMNH 30389, RMNH 30391, RMNH 30419, RMNH 30453, RMNH 30455, RMNH 31711-31717, RMNH 30399-303400, RMNH 30449, RMNH 30401, RMNH 30402, RMNH 30450, RMNH 30456, RMNH 30392, RMNH 30393, RMNH 30385, RMNH 30396-30398, RMNH 30416, RMNH 30441, RMNH 30403-30408, RMNH 30418.