Mylochromis
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Mylochromis melanonotus , male on the left, female on the right |
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Mylochromis ( Syn .: Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989 , Platygnathochromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989 ) is a cichlid - genus , which is endemic in the East African Malawisee occurs.
features
Mylochromis species are about 15 to 22 cm long and have the typical shape of a Haplochromis relative. The genus lacks morphological peculiarities. It summarizes Lake Malawi cichlids that show a dark diagonal stripe that extends from the "neck" to the tail stalk, but, unlike other genera with diagonal stripes such as Buccochromis and Lichnochromis, are not characterized by any other special features. In some species, the stripe can also be broken up into a row of spots. The scientific name refers to the pharyngeal teeth ( Greek : "mylo" = mill + "chromis" = old name for cichlids).
Way of life
Like almost all cichlids in Lake Malawi, the Mylochromis species are mouthbrooders . They live mainly in the sand zone and in the transition zone between sandy and rocky habitats, some species also in the rock zone.
species
There are 21 described types:
- Mylochromis anaphyrmus (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)
- Mylochromis balteatus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis chekopae Turner & Howarth, 2001
- Mylochromis ensatus Turner & Howarth, 2001
- Mylochromis epichorialis (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis ericotaenia (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis formosus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis gracilis (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis guentheri (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis incola (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis labidodon (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther, 1864)
- Mylochromis melanonotus (| Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis melanotaenia (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis mola (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis obtusus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis plagiotaenia (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis semipalatus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis sphaerodon (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis spilostichus (Trewavas, 1935)
literature
- Andreas Spreinat: Lake Malawi cichlids from Tanzania. Dähne Verlag, 1994, ISBN 3-9261-4242-1 .
- Erwin Schraml: Mylochromis. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , pp. 665-667.
Web links
- Mylochromis on Fishbase.org (English)