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| Main Ref: | Berns, S., E.H. Chave and H.M. Peters, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Malawi | ||||||||||||
| Locality: | Lake Malawi | ||||||||||||
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| a: 0.023 | 95% confidence limit: | ||||||||||||
| b: 2.900 | 95% confidence limit: | ||||||||||||
| r2: 0.504 | |||||||||||||
| Spawning Cycles: | (1/y) | Ref: | |||||||||||
| Comments: | Spawns in about 16 m deep usually off sandy shores. But catches of ripe individuals reported from as deep as 22 m (Ref. 2781); breeding continues until April (Ref. 6150). Males become territorial during the reproductive cycle and provide their territory with a spawning pit by mouthdigging. | ||||||||||||
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