Maylandia Flavifemina

📖 Overview

Lives in sand-rock interface over slabs, over pockets of sand among the rocks and occasionally over broken rock . Males are territorial and chase mainly conspecific males from their territories, with a territory normally consisting of a space between the rocks often with a sandy bottom; males at the bottom of the reef usually burrow from beneath a rock to create a spawning cave . Females are often solitary or sometimes occur in small groups, rarely numbering more than 3 individuals . Juveniles and non-territorial adult males occur singly, in pairs or in small groups of 3-8 fish . Feeds from the sedimentrich aufwuchs on the rocks from which it rakes diatoms and loose algal strands .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Anal soft rays: 6 - 9. Diagnosis: juveniles and females light blue-beige to all yellow with bright yellow anal fin; males with black anal fin and black membranes in caudal fin; snout 27.7-36.6% head length; cheek depth 18.8-28.8% HL; caudal peduncle length of females 10.8-16.7% SL; body depth of females 32.9-38.8% SL . : fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Maylandia Flavifemina is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Maylandia Flavifemina is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Maylandia Flavifemina is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 4 - 50 m , usually 6 - 15 m . Tropical endemic to Lake Malawi, Malawi (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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