Tropheops kamtambo

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Tropheops kamtambo Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: kamtambo: The name kamtambo is a noun in apposition and means 'blue' in Chichewa; it refers to the blue colouration of breeding males (Ref. 119465).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Africa: Lake Malawi in Malawi (Ref. 119465).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119465)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 18 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Diagnosis: The steeply sloped vomer, a small mouth with retrognathic jaw and the presence of bicuspid teeth in the outer rows of the oral jaws and enlarged conical teeth at the back of the jaws place this species in Tropheops (Ref. 119465). Tropheops kamtambo, body depth 26.6-30.8% of standard length, cannot reliably be distinguished from other Tropheops on body depth, 23.6-34.5% (Ref. 119465). Breeding male T. kamtambo have a blue ground colouration, while those of T. biriwira are green/light blue; female T. kamtambo have a distinct black submarginal band on the dorsal fin, which is absent in females of T. kumwera and T. biriwira (Ref. 119465). It can be distinguished from other Tropheops, except T. kumwera and T. biriwira, by the presence of fewer tooth rows, 3-5 vs. 6-8, on both upper and lower jaws; the smaller eye, horizontal eye diameter 26.3-30.2% of head length and vertical eye diameter 24.0-29.7% of head length, distinguishes T. kamtambo from T. biriwira, 30.8-40.4% and 29.6-35.4% respectively; Tropheops kamtambo generally has a deeper head than T. kumwera, head depth 79.4-97.1% of head length vs. 70.2-84.5% in T. kumwera (Ref. 119465).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Li, S., A.F. Konings and J.R. Stauffer Jr., 2016. A revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new genus and seven new species. Zootaxa 4168(2):353-381. (Ref. 119465)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [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).
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).