FB-52144 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52144 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Orthochromis Orthochromis rugufuensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998 Mbipia lutea Seehausen & Bouton, 1998 1999-04-12 2024-05-09 van Oijen, M.J.P.0 The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zool. Verh. Leiden 302:57-110. (Ref. 12750) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes0 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-GeneralDescr-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52153 Inhabits exclusively the shallow waters (0-2 m) of gently sloping small rock boulder shores, particularly surf protected habitats like small bays. Adult males keep territories at 0.5 m depth under the roots of floating reed mats, but also in large and deep pools between the rock stacks. Found over stone-sand mixed substrate. Feeds mainly on filamentous algae, but takes also insect larvae. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Morphology-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 1999-04-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52153 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 28 - 30 Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Distribution-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52153 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: known only from the western Speke Gulf and the Sengerema region of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Uses-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52153 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest FB-LifeCycle-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=52153&StockCode=43427 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution A polygynous female mouth brooder with maternal parental care. Males seem to be territorial and sometimes chase other fishes. Brooding females have been observed in very shallow water under roots of floating reed. In the aquarium, females release their fry after about 21 days but continue to keep them in the mouth in situations of danger and at night, for up to another 17 days. Size at 50% maturity not precisely known, but above 12.3 cm SL at the Makobe Island (Lake Victoria, Tanzania). Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-TrophicStrategy-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-01-25 00:00:00 2001-01-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ luteus Inhabits exclusively the shallow waters (0-2 m) of gently sloping small rock boulder shores, particularly surf protected habitats like small bays. Adult males keep territories at 0.5 m depth under the roots of floating reed mats, but also in large and deep pools between the rock stacks. Found over stone-sand mixed substrate. Feeds mainly on filamentous algae, but takes also insect larvae. Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Size-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52153 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 13.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27668)) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-52153 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-13 00:00:00 2024-08-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=52153 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 27668) Seehausen, O., E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes 1998 Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species (Teleostei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(2):129-228. (Ref. 27668)