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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the holotype of P. trewavasae: 'Transect Mazinzi Bay-Kadango, SE Arm (Malawi)' (Ref. 55898). Found in the central part of the southeastern arm of Lake Malawi (Ref. 55898). Also Ref. 79521.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hanssens, M., 2004
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> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Placidochromis: Latin, placidus = of peaceful or tranquile appearance + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335); trewavasae: Named in honour of Dr. Ethelwynn Trewavas, who worked on cichlid taxonomy from the late 1920s until her death in 1993; considered the founding "mother" of Malawi cichlid taxonomy (Ref. 55898).

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

; acqua dolce benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 70 m (Ref. 55898). Tropical

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Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, present in the southeastern arm of the lake in Malawi (Ref. 55898).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55898)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 15; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 10; Spine anali 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: head length 35.4-36.4 %SL; snout length 30.0-33.3 % head length; lower jaw length 40.0-41.3 % head length; premaxillary pedicel length 34.0-35.6 % head length; lachrymal 18.2-19.6 % head length; eye diameter 35.3-36.1 % head length; interorbital width 17.8-20.0 % head length; 21-24 gill-rakers on lower limb of first arch; predorsal distance 37.7-39.1 %SL (Ref. 55898).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaboratori

Hanssens, M., 2004. The deep-water Placidochromis species. p. 104-197. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55898)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00700 - 0.03275), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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).

Placidochromis trewavasae Hanssens, 2004