Overview
Family : Cichlids ; Occurs in open sandy areas at depths and feeds on insect larvae and other soft invertebrates [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Finnish:
Sulkamalawintonkija
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
長翅龍占麗魚, 长翅龙占丽鱼
Common Names in Nyanja:
Chisawasawa
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Occurs in open sandy areas or areas with soft substrates such as
mud
and diatomaceous substances at depths between 30–140 m.
Feeds
on invertebrates
. Reported not to have been exported in the aquarium
trade (1990). Max
. size: 16 cm TL
.[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
open sandy areas at depths and feeds
on insect
()
- Genus:
Lethrinops
()
- Regan, 1922
- Specific name:
longipinnis
- Eccles & Lewis, 1978
- Scientific name: - Lethrinops longipinnis (Eccles & Lewis, 1978)
- Specific name:
longipinnis
- Eccles & Lewis, 1978
- Genus:
Lethrinops
(
- Family:
open sandy areas at depths and feeds
on insect
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Lethrinops longipinnus • Lethrinops longipinnus Eccles & Lewis, 1978 • Lethrinops longipinnus Eccles & Lewis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 21-Mar-1994
Undergoing taxonomic
revision
. Possibly a complex
of 3–4 species.
[2].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lethrinops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. auritus (Lethrinops Small Green) · L. furcifer (Lethrinops Rounded Head) · L. marginatus (Lethrinops Rounded Head) · L. microstoma (Lethrinops Yellow-Black Dorsal) · L. mylodon (Cles & Lewis) · L. parvidens (Lethrinops Red Flush)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- Eccles, D.H. and E. Trewavas (1989). Malawian cichlid fishes: the classification of some haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, West Germany.
- Eccles, D.H. and Lewis, D.S.C. 1978. A taxonomic study of the genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Part 2. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 37: 1–11
- Eccles, D.H. and Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, Herten, Germany.
- 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.
Notes
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 01, 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. Lethrinops longipinnis. 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 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 130734
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30212
- Fishbase Species ID: 2155
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649503
- IUCN ID: 219262
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115213
Footnotes
- Konings, A. (1990). Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, N.J., 495 p. [back]
- Kasembe, J. 2006. Lethrinops longipinnis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
