Chilotilapia is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the sole species Chilotilapia rhoadesii, the Malawi bream, which is endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa, where it prefers areas with muddy substrates from the shallows to quite deep waters. Its primary food consists of Melanoides and Lanistes snails. It can reach a length of 22.5 centimetres (8.9 in) TL. Though commonly called a "bream", this is due to its looks as it is quite unrelated to the breams proper, which are cypriniform fishes. This species is also found in the aquarium trade.[3]
| Malawi bream | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Chilotilapia Boulenger, 1908 |
| Species: | C. rhoadesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilotilapia rhoadesii | |
References
edit- ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Chilotilapia rhoadesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60885A155042865. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60885A155042865.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chilotilapia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chilotilapia rhoadesii". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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