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Lepidophagy, or scale-eating, has been reported in a range of fish, including: Chanda nama (family Ambassidae), [4] Plagiotremus (family Blenniidae), [5] Terapon jarbua (family Terapontidae), [1] a few Ariopsis and Neoarius species (family Ariidae), [6] Pachypterus khavalchor (family Pachypteridae), Macrorhamphoides uradoi (family Triacanthodidae), several pencil catfish (family ...
Perissodus microlepis is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. [2] This species reaches a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL. It is a scale-eating 'parasite' on other fish species. It occurs in two distinct morphological forms.
Plecodus straeleni is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. This species can reach a total length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in). [2]Like all species of Plecodus, this fish is a scale-eater.
Plecodus elaviae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This schooling species is a scale-eater, plucking scales from other fishes. Both parents care for the offspring in this mouthbrooder. This fish can reach a length of 32 centimetres (13 in) TL. [2]
Plecodus paradoxus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This fish is a scale-eater , gathering in large schools exceeding 500 individuals and eating the scales of other fish. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL .
Perissodini is a tribe of African cichlids, containing three genera of freshwater fish found only in Lake Tanganyika. [1] One of its genera, Haplotaxodon, feeds on small fish and zooplankton. The other two genera are specialised in eating scales from other fish. [1] They are all mouthbrooders. [2]
Perissodus is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They feed on scales. [1] Species
The fish has the usual symmetrical body structure when it is young, but as it matures and moves to living close to the sea bed, the fish lies on its side, and the head twists so that both eyes are on the top. [5] The jaws of the scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis occur in two distinct morphological forms. One morph has its jaw twisted ...