Thoracochromis moeruensis
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Thoracochromis moeruensis ( Syn .: Haplochromis moeruensis ) is an African cichlid that occurs in southern Africa in the Mwerusee and in the lower and middle Luapula .
features
Thoracochromis moeruensis reaches a body length of 10 cm, is slender and has a relatively short head with a concave forehead profile. The basic color is olive brown, below the dorsal fin there is a dark longitudinal band. The dorsal fin is lined with dark. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins show a few dark points.
Like all Haplochromis relatives, Thoracochromis moeruensis is an ovophilic mouthbrooder in which the female takes care of the brood. The species' way of life and diet have not yet been researched further.
Systematics
The fish species was first described in 1899 by the Belgian-British ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger under the name Paratilapia moeruensis . Today it is assigned either to the genus Thoracochromis or Haplochromis . However, it is closely related to Pseudocrenilabrus and belongs to an adaptive radiation with at least 15 phenotypic variations or species of this genus in the Mwerusee.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Thoracochromis moeruensis on Fishbase.org (English)
- ↑ a b Anton Lamboj: The cichlids of western Africa. Publisher: Natur und Tier, 2006, ISBN 386-659000-8 , pp. 149-150.
- ↑ Haplochromis moeruensis in the Catalog of Fishes (English)
- ↑ Matschiner, M., Musilová, Z., Barth, JMI, Starostová, Z., Salzburger, W., Steel, M. & Bouckaert, R. (2017): Bayesian Phylogenetic Estimation of Clade Ages Supports Trans-Atlantic Dispersal of Cichlid Fishes. Systematic Biology, 66 (1): 3-22. DOI: 10.1093 / sysbio / syw076 . Page 153 a. 154 in the supplement .
- ^ Cyprian Katongo, Vicky Schneider, Rike Stelkens, Domino A. Joyce and Ole Seehausen: A new adaptive radiation of cichlid fish in a poorly known African Great Lake: Mweru. Conference Paper, September 2006, International Symposium on Speciation in Ancient lakes, SIAL IV, At Free University of Berlin, Germany