Overview
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Family : Cichlids ;
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Click on the language to view common names.
Common Names in Finnish:
Oliivihuuliahven
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
异齿镊丽鱼, 異齒鑷麗魚
Common Names in Nyanja:
Utaka
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
Occurs commonly in shallow water in the rocky habitat
. Also observed
in macrophyte
beds
at 3 m
depth. Feeds
on aufwuchs
as well as on
plant leaves. Males have been observed to defend spawning sites.
Non-breeding individuals occur in foraging
groups. In 1990 it was
reportedly not exported for the aquarium
trade.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Genus:
Labidochromis
()
- Trewavas, 1935
- Specific name:
heterodon
- Lewis, 1982
- Scientific name: - Labidochromis heterodon Lewis,1982 Lewis, 1982
- Specific name:
heterodon
- Lewis, 1982
- Genus:
Labidochromis
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 18-Mar-1994
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Labidochromis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. caeruleus (Labidochromis Yellow) · L. flavigulis (Chisumulu Pearl)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Konings, A. 1990. Konings's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City New Jersey.
- Konings, A. 1995. Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. Second Edition. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.
- Lewis, D.S.C. 1982. A revision of the genus Labidochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 75: 189–265
- Maréchal, C. (1991). Labidochromis. p. 210-217. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels 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.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Kasembe, J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Kasembe, J. 2006. Labidochromis heterodon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 130081
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30168
- Fishbase Species ID: 2332
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649137
- IUCN ID: 217715
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 114436
Footnotes
- Kasembe, J. 2006. Labidochromis heterodon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
