Overview
Family : Cichlids ;
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Rock dwelling cichlid. Largest recorded individual is 8.64 cm in
standard length.[1].
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
()
- Subfamily:
Pseudocrenilabrinae
()
- Genus:
Maylandia
()
- Meyer & Förster, 1984
- Specific name:
thapsinogen
- (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
- Scientific name: - Maylandia thapsinogen (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
- Specific name:
thapsinogen
- (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997)
- Genus:
Maylandia
(
- Subfamily:
Pseudocrenilabrinae
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Kellogg & Mckaye • Metriaclima thapsinogen Stauffer
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers
, K
.A. Kellogg and
K.R. McKaye 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. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.
148:189-230., 1997.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 30-Jun-2004
Differs from other species in the genus by the combination
of the
blue ground
colouration with distinct
vertical
bars
in combination
with the orange dorsal fin and yellow chin.[1].
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
- 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
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- 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.
- Stauffer, J.R. Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye 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. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230., 1997.
- Stauffer, J.R., Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg and K.R. McKaye (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. Proc. Acad.
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 thapsinogen. 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3766713
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-152371
- IUCN ID: 222046
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 397757
Footnotes
- Kasembe, J. 2006. Maylandia thapsinogen. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
