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Etymology: Buccochromis: Latin, bucca = mouth, the quantity of food that is contained in the mouth + Greek, chromis = a fish similar to perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5607)
Diagnosis: deeper bodied than B. rhoadesii, B. spectabilis and B. lepturus, and with a large part of the oblique dark lateral band, posterior to the level of the anal fin origin, situated below the upper part of the lateral line; larger interorbital than B. heterotaenia (Ref. 55954).
Coloration: subadults: orange color on pelvic fins, anal fin and lower part of caudal fin (Ref. 55954).
Stays at an average depth of 10 m in offshore sandy beaches and chases juvenile sand-dwelling cichlids over the open sand (Ref. 5595).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Maréchal, C., 1991. Buccochromis. p. 29-31. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5607)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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