Mchenga eucinostomus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Cichlidae/Mchenga

At a glance

Occurrence records45

Data sources7

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Mchenga eucinostomus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility45 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF45 records

01Narrative

Mchenga eucinostomus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. Mchenga eucinostomus is a Lekking fish, the males build sand castles. The lek member with the tallest mound of sand – almost a meter wide at the base – wins the females. These sandcastles take this ten centimeter (four inch) long animal two weeks to build.Judson, Olivia 2002. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation. Metropolitan Books. .

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length14 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonebenthopelagic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type45 records

Wild obs. + sensor18

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO144 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 18 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor18

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
FishBaselocation not on record	21
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	3
New Haven, US	2
Toronto, CA	1

4 institutions · 27 of 27 vouchered records shown