Critically Endangered
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos is a cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from around Likoma Island where it prefers rocky substrates at depths of from 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft).
Appearance
Both male & female P. Cyaneorhabdos are colored the same. Even so, males may have more intense coloring, particularly in dominant or sexually active males. The horizontal stripes of P. Cyaneorhabdos have been used to study the genetic control of phenotypic traits like coloration.
This species can grow to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.
Range and habitat
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos is a cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from around Likoma Island where it prefers rocky substrates at depths of from 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft). One important distinguishing characteristic is that females are not orange, whereas female P. Johanii are.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Cichlids defend a territory or a brood. Diet in the family runs from algae scrapers to piscivores; this page does not invent a menu for one species.
In crisis
It is a critically endangered species, mainly due to its popularity as an aquarium fish.
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos, Wikidata item Q21325605. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
