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Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

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Malawi country information

Common names: Chisawasawa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Senga Bay, off Monkey Bay, the southwest arm and the northern end of the southeast arm of Lake Malawi, Nankumba Peninsula, Thumbi West Island, Domwe, Zimbawe Rock, Chembe, Kande, Domira Bay, Nkhotakota and Young's Bay (Ref. 55908). Also Ref. 5595.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Snoeks, J. and R. Walapa, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Alticorpus: Latin, altus = nutritious + Latin, corpus = body (Ref. 45335);  mentale: From the latin "mentum" = chin, referring to the prominent mental processus (Ref. 55908).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten bentopelagisk; djupintervall 18 - 150 m (Ref. 55908), usually 60 - 150 m (Ref. 55908).   Tropical; 12°S - 15°S

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