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Petrotilapia chrysos Stauffer & van Snik, 1996 |
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Recherche rapide |
- Petrotilapia chrysos :
Stauffer & van Snik, 1996 : 696-699, 700, 701, fig. 1, 3New species of Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa.
| Ruffing et al., 2006 : 534, 535, 538Description of a new species of Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae), from Lake Malawi, Africa.
| Sabo et al., 2026 : 2Petrotilapia kitrinos (Teleostei: Cichlidae): A previously undescribed cichlid from Lake Malawi, Africa..
Attributs
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Colour pattern :
Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
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Current distribution known :
endemic to Chinyankwazi and Chinyamwazi islands in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi, Malawi
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Distribution_references :
Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
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Food habits / trophic level :
mainly algae scraper, but it also has been observed foraging in the water column presumably on both phytoplankton and zooplankton
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Food habits / trophic level_references :
Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
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Morphology / anatomy :
Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
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Size :
131.3 mm SL
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Types :
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Petrotilapia chrysos Stauffer & van Snik, 1996: 696-699, fig. 1, 3. Type locality: Chinyamwezi Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi. Holotype PSU 2726; paratypes PSU 2727, PSU 2728, PSU 2729, PSU 2730, PSU 2731, PSU 2732, PSU 2733, PSU 2734, USNM 336590, USNM 336591, MFU (Malawi Fisheries Unit) 9.
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