Cyphotilapia gibberosa Takahashi & Nakaya 2003

Diagnosis: three scale rows between upper and lower lateral lines; 34-36 scales on longitudinal line; 31-52 outer teeth on upper jaw; body heigth 43.3-51.2% SL; predorsal 37.5-44.9% SL; length of dorsal fin base 57.1-64.6% SL; pectoral fin length 36.0-47.2% SL (Ref. 52029).Description: Body height deepest at origin of pelvic fin; caudal peduncle thick; Hump on forehead (small in young, developing with growth); eye small and round; mouth oblique, gape when mouth is closed forming angle of about 30 degrees to horizontal axis of body; posterior edge of mouth not reaching a vertical line through anterior margin of eye; dorsal fin origin above first upper lateral line scale; four anteriormost spines increasing in length posteriorly, fourth to 16th spines about equal, three posteriormost spines slightly increasing posteriorly; each spine with a lappet near tip; soft rays branched; four (or five) anteriormost soft rays increasing in length posteriorly, thereafter length decreasing posteriorly; anal fin spines increasing in length posteriorly; each spine with a lappet near tip; three anteriormost soft rays increasing in length posteriorly, thereafter length decreasing posteriorly; upper end of pectoral fin base below base of third (or fourth) dorsal fin spine; distal tip of pectoral fin acutely pointed; fifth ray from uppermost longest, reaching a vertical line through base of second anal fin spine; pelvic fin origin below base of fourth (to sixth) dorsal fin spine; all soft rays branched, increasing in length laterally; outermost soft ray filamentous; caudal fin emarginate (Ref. 52029).

Type specimen was caught at a depth of 34 m (Ref. 52029). Cyphotilapia species are known to occur in big schools in the 30 to 40 meter layer or even deeper (Ref. 6770).

fisheries:

Cyphotilapia gibberosa is a species of fish in the cichlid family, one of two species in the genus Cyphotilapia. Native to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa, it was described in 2003 nearly 100 years after its congener, C. frontosa. This species is a maternal mouth brooder.