Overview
Family : Cichlids ; Inhabits sandy areas at depths. Feeds on insect larvae[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Finnish:
Airomalawintonkija
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
長手龍占麗魚, 长手龙占丽鱼
Common Names in Nyanja:
Chisawasawa
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It occurs in habitats
with pure sandy bottoms
at depths between 50–70
m.
It is abundant at these depths in many parts of the lake
. It feeds
on insect larvae. It is reported to have declined substantially in
abundance
in the southeastern arm of the lake south of Boadzulu Island
due to the impact
of demersal trawling
in the area. Reported not
to have been exported in the aquarium
trade (1990). Max
. size: 15
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:
sandy areas at depths. Feeds on insect
larvae (
()
- Genus:
Lethrinops
()
- Regan, 1922
- Specific name:
longimanus
- Trewavas, 1931
- Scientific name: - Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931
- Specific name:
longimanus
- Trewavas, 1931
- Genus:
Lethrinops
(
- Family:
sandy areas at depths. Feeds on insect
larvae (
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 21-Mar-1994
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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Further Reading
- Eccles, D.H. (1992). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. FAO, Rome. 145 p.
- 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 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.
- Maréchal, C. (1991). Lethrinops. p. 233-240. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and 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.
- Trewavas, E. 1931 A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Lethrinops, Regan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)7: 133–152
- Turner, G.F., Tweddle, D. and Makwinja, R.D. 1995. Changes in demersal cichlid communities as a result of trawling in southern Lake Malawi. In: T.J. Pitcher & P.J.B. Hart (eds). The impact of Species Changes in African Lakes. pp. 397–412. Chapman and Hall, London, United Kingdom.
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 longimanus. 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: 130733
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30211
- Fishbase Species ID: 2161
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649502
- IUCN ID: 219261
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115212
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 longimanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
