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Etymology: Sciaenochromis: Greek, skiaina, skion = a fish, red mullet + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335); psammophilus: From the Greek psammos meaning sand and philos meaning loving - in reference to its normal habitat, over sandy substrate (Ref. 40899).

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

; acqua dolce demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 30 m (Ref. 40899). Tropical

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Africa: Lake Malawi.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40899)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 15 - 16; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 8 - 10; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9. Melanin pattern showing 9-11 vertical bars; dorsal head profile convex; lower head profile straight and almost horizontal (Ref. 40899).

Found in sandy areas (Ref. 40899). Feeds on small cichlids, possibly small invertebrates as well (Ref. 40899). Breeding males protect an area of about 2 meters in diameter with a nest located at its center (Ref. 40899).

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Konings, A., 1993. Malawian cichlids: a revision of the genus Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Pisces, Cichlidae). The Cichlids Yearbook 3:28-36. (Ref. 40899)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.57 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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