Buccochromis rhoadesii

Buccochromis rhoadesii is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[2]

Buccochromis rhoadesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Buccochromis
Species:
B. rhoadesii
Binomial name
Buccochromis rhoadesii
(Boulenger, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Paratilapia rhoadesii Boulenger, 1908
  • Cyrtocara rhoadesii (Boulenger, 1908)
  • Haplochromis rhoadesii (Boulenger, 1908)

This is a piscivorous species which is found over softer substrates such as muddy or sandy areas as well as off beaches. It lives in small groups at depths of 15–30 metres (49–98 ft), these groups usually contain a single breeding male who creates a large heap of sand with a sloping surface for spawning on. The juveniles form large shoals.[1]

The specific name honours Captain Edmund L. Rhoades, who commanded the British gunboat SS Gwendolen and who collected specimens of cichlids from Lake Malawi which he donated to the British Museum (Natural History).[3]

References
  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. (2018). "Buccochromis rhoadesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60925A47223158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60925A47223158.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Buccochromis rhoadesii" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2018.


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