Classification / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Cichliformes
(Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae
(Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Placidochromis: Latin, placidus = of peaceful or tranquile appearance + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335); ecclesi: Named in honour of Mr. David H. Eccles, who worked for about 2 decades on the biology, evolution and taxonomy of Lake Malawi cichlids (Ref. 55898).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 96 - 125 m (Ref. 55898). Tropical
Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, known from Kande Beach in Malawi and Lukoma Bay in Tanzania (Ref. 55898).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55898)
Morphology | Morphometrics
soft rays: 8 - 9. Diagnosis: head length 35.6-36.8 %SL; lachrymal 17.7-19.1 % head length; snout length 28.6-29.8 % head length; lower jaw length 38.1-40.0 % head length; premaxillary pedicel length 29.3-30.5 % head length; cheek depth 17.1-18.1 % head length; eye diameter 35.8-37.8 % head length; interorbital width 17.6-18.6 % head length; 17-21 gill-rakers on lower limb of first arch (Ref. 55898).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hanssens, M., 2004. The deep-water Placidochromis species. p. 104-197. In J. Snoeks (ed.) The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, USA. (Ref. 55898)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Common namesSynonymsMetabolismPredatorsEcotoxicologyReproductionMaturitySpawningSpawning aggregationFecundityEggsEgg development
ReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingNutrientsMass conversion
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this BS (Ref. 93245
Trophic level (Ref. 69278
): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649
): (0 of 100) .