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Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger, 1908)

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Malawi country information

Common names: Mcheni, Nthamfya, Nthmafya
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 5595, 5689.
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: Turner, G.F., R.L. Robinson, P.W. Shaw and G.R. Carvalho, 2004
National Database:

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التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Rhamphochromis: Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

Issue
Quote Turner et al. (Ref. 55949): "We consider that both R. leptosoma and R. melanotus are probably junior synonyms of R. esox. If this is accepted, R. esox can be considered the most distinctive and readily identified species of the genus."

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

; المياه العذبة القاع; pH range: 7.4 - 8.5; dH range: 5 - 30; نطاق العمق 2 - 65 m (Ref. 55949).   Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 13614); 9°S - 15°S

التوزيع دول | مناطق الفاو | النظام البيئي | الظهور | Point map | مقدمة | Faunafri

Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi.

Length at first maturity / الحجم / وزن / العمر

Maturity: Lm ?, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 55949)

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Diagnosis: elongated and very streamlined shape; body in cross-section more rounded than congenerics; frequently exhibits a horizontal stripe (Ref. 55949).

أحياء     المصطلحات (على سبيل المثال epibenthic)

Inhabits the open water (Ref. 5595). Widely distributed in shelf and rocky reef zones, usually where the bottom is fairly shallow; rarely found offshore; small juveniles widely distributed in the littoral zone in swampy, sandy and rocky habitats; adults regularly encountered near sandy beaches in the shallows (Ref. 55949). Feeds on fish species like the small Utaka and the lake sardine Usipa (Engraulicypris sardella) (Ref. 5595).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | التكاثر | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

المرجع الرئيسي Upload your references | مراجع | المنظم : Kullander, Sven O. | المتعاونين

Maréchal, C., 1991. Rhamphochromis. p. 422-424. 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. (Ref. 5689)

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

خطر للأنسان

  Harmless




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مصائد: تجاري; حوض مائي: تجاري
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.73 se; based on food items.
المرونه (Ref. 120179):  وسيط, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 1.4-4.4 سنة (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
فئة السعر (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.