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The pindani (Pseudotropheus socolofi) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi preferring areas with sandy substrates and nearby rocks where the males establish their territories. This species can reach a length of 6.7 centimetres (2.6 in) SL .
Like most cichlids from Lake Malawi, fish from this genus reproduce via maternal mouthbrooding. The males often have egg spots on their anal fins which attract spawn-ready females towards them where they attempt to retrieve the imitation eggs while the male emits sperm into her biting mouth, thus fertilizing the eggs.
Chindongo is a genus of haplochromine cichlids, the species of which are endemic to Lake Malawi. The genus was described in 2016 with Chindongo bellicosus as the type species , the authors then added species previously classified in the genus Pseudotropheus in the P. elongatus species complex .
Members of Thorichthys do not exceed 17 cm (6.7 in) in standard length, [4] and they are popular aquarium fish, especially the well-known firemouth cichlid (T. meeki). [2] Genetic evidence shows that Thorichthys is most closely related to Salvin's cichlid , the only species of the genus Trichromis , which is morphologically and behaviorally ...
Pseudotropheus saulosi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa, where it lives in areas with rocky substrates. [2] It is classified as a dwarf-mbuna and was first described by Ad Konings in 1990, who gave it the specific name saulosi in honour of Saulos Mwale who caught over 3,000 specimens in a single day on the expedition which collected the type. [3]
The cichlids are ray-finned fishes in family Cichlidae (order Perciformes). This category contains articles on subfamilies, genera and species in this family. The main article for this category is Cichlidae .
Cichlids (/ ˈ s ɪ k l ɪ d z /) [a] are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.Traditionally Cichlids were classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses (), in the order Perciformes, [3] but molecular studies have contradicted this grouping. [4]
The Cichlinae are a subfamily of fishes in the cichlid family, native to Central and South America.. This subfamily consists of approximately 117 described species as of July 2017. [3]