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Lake Malawi cichlids — species, locations & maps

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Rhamphochromis sp. 'kingiri large'
Genus: Rhamphochromis
Biotope: Crater lake environment; occurs in the open water of Lake Kingiri.
Geographic distribution: Confined to crater Lake Kingiri in Tanzania.
Typical adult size: Maximum size reported at approximately 20 cm total length or slightly more.
Special notes: Undescribed larger-bodied form from Lake Kingiri, apparently derived after colonisation of the lake by Rhamphochromis sp. ‘kingiri dwarf’. Represents a secondary increase in body size within this isolated crater-lake lineage.

Only about a dozen large individuals were collected during sampling in 2011, and the form was reportedly being actively targeted with gillnets. Genetic work examining the shift in body size between the dwarf and large forms has been undertaken.

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