Overview
Family : Cichlids ; Inhabits the rocky biotope of the reefs, where the rocks are permanently covered with a layer of sediment. Feeds mainly from the phytoplankton in the open water . Territorial males feed from the biocover on the rocks[1]. Oviparous (Ref. 205).
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Greshakei, William's Mbuna, Pseudotropheus Ice Blue, William´s Mbuna
Common Names in Finnish:
Ruoste-Ev, Ruoste-Evämalawinahven
Common Names in German:
Greppe
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
格氏拟丽鱼, 格氏擬麗魚
Common Names in Nyanja:
Mbuna
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [2].
Ecology:
Inhabits rocky habitats
at reefs where the rocks are covered with
a layer of sediment. Occurs at 15–35 m
depth. Females and non-breeding
males occur singly or in groups, feeding on plankton
in the open
water. Territorial
males also feed
on the biocover on the rocks.
Male territories consist of caves between rocks. Known as "Pseudotropheus
Ice Blue" in the aquarium
trade. Max
. size: It attains a length
of
about 10 cm.[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:
the rocky biotope of the reefs, where
the rocks
()
- Subfamily:
Pseudocrenilabrinae
()
- Genus:
Maylandia
()
- Meyer & Förster, 1984
- Specific name:
greshakei
- (Meyer & Foerster, 1984)
- Scientific name: - Maylandia greshakei (Meyer & Foerster, 1984)
- Specific name:
greshakei
- (Meyer & Foerster, 1984)
- Genus:
Maylandia
(
- Subfamily:
Pseudocrenilabrinae
(
- Family:
the rocky biotope of the reefs, where
the rocks
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Metriaclima greshakei (Meyer & Foerster • Metriaclima greshekai (Meyer & Foerster • Pseudotropheus greshakei Meyer & Foerster
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 30-Jun-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Maylandia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. estherae (Red Zebra) · M. greshakei (William's Mbuna) · M. lombardoi (Kenyi Cichlid) · M. xanstomachus (Pseudotropheus Yellow Chin) · M. zebra (Zebra Mbuna)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- 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.
- Maréchal, C. (1991). Pseudotropheus. p. 401-415. 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.
- Stauffer Jr., J.R., Bowers, N.J., Kellogg, K.A. and McKaye, K.R. 1997. A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 148: 189–230.
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 16, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- 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. Maylandia greshakei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- 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: 3766706
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-152364
- IUCN ID: 222035
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 397751
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. Maylandia greshakei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
