Overview
Family : Cichlids ; Larger specimens are normally encountered over the open sand at deeper levels. Piscivorous . Hunts its prey over the sand[1]; usually in pairs or in large groups[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Finnish:
Viherpetohautoja
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
伍氏点丽鱼, 伍氏點麗魚
Common Names in Nyanja:
Chisawasawa
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Mainly occurs in the intermediate habitat
and sandy shores
near rocks.
It is a piscivoroe, hunting its prey
over the sand
. Breeding males
are observed throughout the year preferring sandy regions at depths
of 20-40 m.
Territorial
males dig sand castle nests
on the sand floor.
Mouthbrooding females ascend to shallower intermediate habitats where
they release
their fry. Known as "Haplochromis woodi" in
the aquarium
trade. Max
. size: 25 cm TL
.[3].
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:
African and Syrian Genera not restricted
to the
()
- Genus:
Stigmatochromis
()
- Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
- Specific name:
woodi
- Scientific name: - Stigmatochromis woodi (Regan, 1922)
- Specific name:
woodi
- Genus:
Stigmatochromis
(
- Family:
African and Syrian Genera not restricted
to the
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Cyrtocara woodi (Regan • Haplochromis woodi • Haplochromis woodi Regan • Haplochromis woodi Regan, 1922 • Paratilapia modesta< /i> (Non Günther) • Stigmatochromis woodi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Regan, C.T. The Classification of the Fishes
of the Family
Cichlidae. - II. On African and Syrian Genera not restricted
to the Great Lakes
. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 9) 10: 249-264.,
1922.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 01-Sep-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Stigmatochromis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. pholidophorus (Haplochromis Margarette Blotch)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Maréchal, C. (1991). Stigmatochromis. p. 463-464. 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.
- Regan, C.T. The Classification of the Fishes of the Family Cichlidae. - II. On African and Syrian Genera not restricted to the Great Lakes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 9) 10: 249-264., 1922.
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 February 29, 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. Stigmatochromis woodi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- 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 February 29, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 139207
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24360
- Fishbase Species ID: 2209
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649319
- IUCN ID: 243911
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 125669
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]
- McKaye, K.R. (1981). Field observation on death feigning: a unique hunting behavior by the predatory cichlid, Haplochromis livingstoni, of Lake Malawi. Environ. Biol. Fish. 6(3/4):361-365. [back]
- Kasembe, J. 2006. Stigmatochromis woodi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
