Overview
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Family : Cichlids ;
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
深栖鬼丽鱼, 深棲鬼麗魚
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
A deep-water species that also breeds
in the deep water
. Recorded
in trawl catches of semi pelagic trawls
as well as deep-water trawls.
Commonly caught at 44–100 m
in the southeastern arm. Max
. size: 15
cm TL
[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:
Sciaenochromis
()
- Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Specific name:
benthicola
- Konings, 1993
- Scientific name: - Sciaenochromis benthicola Konings, 1993
- Specific name:
benthicola
- Konings, 1993
- Genus:
Sciaenochromis
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Konings, A. Malawian cichlids
: a revision
of
the genus Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Pisces
,
Cichlidae). The Cichlids Yearbook 3:28-36., 1993.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Sciaenochromis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. ahli (Haplochromis Electric Blue) · S. gracilis (Haplochromis Torpedo Stripe) · S. psammophilus (Electric Blue Kande) · S. spilostichus (Happy)
More Info
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- 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. (1993). Malawian cichlids: a revision of the genus Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Pisces, Cichlidae). The Cichlids Yearbook 3:28-36.
- Konings, A. 1993. A revision of the genus Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Pisces, Cichlidae). In: The Cichlids Yearbook. Vol 3. pp. 28–36. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.
- Konings, A. 1995. Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. Second Edition. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.
- Konings, A. Malawian cichlids: a revision of the genus Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Pisces, Cichlidae). The Cichlids Yearbook 3:28-36., 1993.
- Turner, G. 1995. Offshore Cichlids of Lake Malawi. Cichlid Press, Lauenau, Germany.
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 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.
- Kazembe, J., Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. 2006. Sciaenochromis benthicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- 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: 3942705
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-146591
- Fishbase Species ID: 60050
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649294
- IUCN ID: 241286
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 124257
Footnotes
- Kazembe, J., Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. 2006. Sciaenochromis benthicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
