Morphology
Very small species (130)
Habitat
Brackish: coastal lagoons (13)
Brackish: salt lakes (5)
Lakes: intermediate (101)
Lakes: mud (62)
Lakes: open water (14)
Lakes: sand (77)
Lakes: sediment-free rocky (121)
Brackish: salt lakes (5)
Lakes: intermediate (101)
Lakes: mud (62)
Lakes: open water (14)
Lakes: sand (77)
Lakes: sediment-free rocky (121)
Lakes: sediment-rich rocky (62)
Lakes: shallow intermediate (51)
Lakes: shellbeds (9)
Lakes: surge (4)
Lakes: vegetated areas (21)
Primary rheophilus (55)
Rivers: floodplains and marshes (33)
Lakes: shallow intermediate (51)
Lakes: shellbeds (9)
Lakes: surge (4)
Lakes: vegetated areas (21)
Primary rheophilus (55)
Rivers: floodplains and marshes (33)
Rivers: main channels (102)
Rivers: pools (52)
Rivers; creeks (88)
Secondary rheophilus (20)
Sinkholes and springs (19)
Rivers: pools (52)
Rivers; creeks (88)
Secondary rheophilus (20)
Sinkholes and springs (19)
Feeding
Algae combers (67)
Algae pickers (31)
Algae pullers (117)
Algae scrapers (20)
Crustacean eater (55)
Detritivorous (46)
Feeding unknown (12)
Algae pickers (31)
Algae pullers (117)
Algae scrapers (20)
Crustacean eater (55)
Detritivorous (46)
Feeding unknown (12)
Herbivorous (21)
Insectivorous (121)
Molluscivorous (31)
Omnivorous (88)
Paedophagous (8)
Parasites (4)
Piscivorous (210)
Insectivorous (121)
Molluscivorous (31)
Omnivorous (88)
Paedophagous (8)
Parasites (4)
Piscivorous (210)
Planktivorous (62)
Predators (29)
Scale eaters (7)
Sponges (3)
Substrate pickers (34)
Substrate sifters (24)
Predators (29)
Scale eaters (7)
Sponges (3)
Substrate pickers (34)
Substrate sifters (24)
Mating
Breeding
Mouth-brooder biparental (55)
Mouth-brooder iterocavus (22)
Mouth-brooder maternal (980)
Mouth-brooder paternal (14)
Mouth-brooder iterocavus (22)
Mouth-brooder maternal (980)
Mouth-brooder paternal (14)
Mouth-brooder postponocavous (141)
Mouth-brooder promptocavus (218)
Mouth-brooder semelcavus (327)
Substrate cave (229)
Mouth-brooder promptocavus (218)
Mouth-brooder semelcavus (327)
Substrate cave (229)
Aquarium
Never maintained (74)
Special
Furu (202)
Mbuna (272)
Utaka (17)