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Diagnostic Description

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Gill rakers on first ceratobranchial 7-10; gill rakers on first epibranchial 2-3.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7
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Importance

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aquarium: commercial
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Iodotropheus stuartgranti

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Iodotropheus stuartgranti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours Stuart M. Grant (1937-2007), an exporter of cichlids from lake Malawi for the aquarium trade.[3] This species feeds maonly on aufwuchs. The males are territorial and the female will lay anywhere within a male's territory.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Konings, A. (2018). "Iodotropheus stuartgranti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60945A47224478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60945A47224478.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Iodotropheus stuartgranti" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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Iodotropheus stuartgranti: Brief Summary

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Iodotropheus stuartgranti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. The specific name honours Stuart M. Grant (1937-2007), an exporter of cichlids from lake Malawi for the aquarium trade. This species feeds maonly on aufwuchs. The males are territorial and the female will lay anywhere within a male's territory.

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