Classification / Names
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Etymology: Maylandia: In honour of Hans J. Mayland, German ictiologist (Ref. 45335); pyrsonotos: The name pyrsonotos, from the Greek, meaning red-backed to note the red dorsal fin (Ref. 27596).
Eponymy: Hans-Joachim Mayland (1928–2004) was a German ichthyologist, aquarist, photographer and writer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical
Africa: Lake Malawi in Malawi (Ref. 27596).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27596)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 13 - 18; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8 - 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 6 - 9. Diagnosis: The moderately sloped head, swollen rostral tip of the neurocranium, isognathous jaws, and the presence of bicuspid teeth in the outer rows of the jaws place this species in Maylandia (Ref. 27596). The red dorsal fin in combination with black bars on a blue ground colour distinguish this species from all other members of the genus except for Maylandia emmiltos, which also has a red dorsal fin; Maylandia pyrsonotos differs from all the other red top BB forms in that the vertical black lateral bars infiltrate the proximal portion of the dorsal fin (Ref. 27596).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found at rocky shores (Ref. 27596).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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. Nat. Sci. Philad. 148:189-230. (Ref. 27596)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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