Deep-water habitat at depths exceeding
50 m, recorded from 112–114 m,
associated with the deep-living
Placidochromis assemblage occurring in
subdued light conditions.
Geographic distribution:
Endemic to Nkhotakota, Lake Malawi, Malawi.
Special notes:
The sole representative of group 2 within the
deep-water Placidochromis complex as
defined by Hanssens (2004). Characterized
by 27–30 gill rakers and a very long
premaxillary pedicel measuring about
35 % of head length. Reported as
probably conspecific with the taxon
referred to by Turner (1996) as
Placidochromis sp. ‘hennydaviesae II’.
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