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Melanochromis auratus, the auratus cichlid, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as golden mbuna and Malawi golden cichlid . It is endemic to the southern region of Lake Malawi , particularly from Jalo Reef southward along the entire western coast down to Crocodile Rocks.
Melanochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa. Ecologically, they belong to the rock-dwelling mbuna cichlids of Lake Malawi. Melanochromis are typically small, slim but muscular fishes with lengthwise stripes of black, yellow and blue. They usually display strong sexual dichromatism.
Cichlids belonging to any of the genera listed below are considered mbuna. An electric yellow cichlid, Labidochromis caeruleus. Labidochromis sp. Rusty cichlid,Iodotropheus sprengerae Labeotropheus fuelleborni Pseudotropheus "acei" Female M. auratus. Abactochromis Oliver & Arnegard 2010; Chindongo Shan Li, Konings and Stauffer, 2016 ...
Auratus comes from the Latin root aurat-, meaning "gold" or "golden", and is consequently used to designate species of this colour. Species labelled auratus include: The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus; The goldfish, Carassius auratus; The golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus; A fish called the Malawi golden cichlid, Melanochromis auratus
Herichthys is a genus of cichlid fishes native to North and Central America.Most are endemic to Mexico, but H. cyanoguttatus is also found in southern Texas (United States), and has been introduced to central Texas and Florida.
The ginbuna can be difficult to distinguish from the common goldfish (Carassius auratus), to which it is closely related. [1] In fact, it has often been treated as a subspecies of goldfish. However, current genetic data suggests that the ginbuna is a distinct species. [ 5 ]
The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) is a fish species from the family Cichlidae, native to Central America, [3] also known as the zebra cichlid. [4] Convict cichlids are popular aquarium fish [ 3 ] and have also been the subject of numerous studies on fish behaviour.
According to FishBase, there are currently 16 recognized species in this genus, listed below. [1] [5] According to Catalog of Fishes, Amphilophus erythraeus is a valid species (considered a synonym of A. labiatus by FishBase), Amphilophus margaritifer is an invalid species, and Amphilophus includes two additional species, Amphilophus istlanus and Amphilophus trimaculatus (both these are placed ...
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