FB-8977 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8977 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Tropheus Tropheus annectens Boulenger, 1900 Viirikeisari 连蓝首鱼 連藍首魚 1994-03-05 2024-01-15 Maréchal, C. and M. Poll0 Tropheus. p. 521-525. 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. 5713) Brichard, P.0 Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 544 p. (Ref. 6770) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). 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(Ref. 101110) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-8977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-05 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Rock-grazer; occurs over rock, which are either anchored and part of the hard core of the coast, interlocking rubble, or even sandstone slabs lining a sand beach but not loose pebbles rolling about in the surf and silted-over habitats (Ref. 6770). Restricted to the upper rocky habitat; algae browser; forages in schools; maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 46829). Konings, A. 1998 Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press. 272 p. (Ref. 46829) FB-Distribution-8977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-05 00:00:00 2025-11-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, occurs on the west central coast of the lake (Ref. 5713, 46829, 97302, 97323). Konings, A. 1998 Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press. 272 p. (Ref. 46829) FB-Uses-8977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-05 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat aquarium: commercial Brichard, P. 1989 Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 544 p. (Ref. 6770) FB-Size-8977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-05 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8977 8.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5713)) Maréchal, C. and M. Poll 1991 Tropheus. p. 521-525. 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. 5713) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-8977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-03-05 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology demersal; freshwater