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Melanochromis (twostripe mbunas)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Melanochromis auratus (Malawi golden cichlid)
Melanochromis baliodigma (Mbuna cichlid)
Melanochromis chipokae (Chipokee mbuna cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Melanochromis dialeptos (Mbuna cichlid)
Melanochromis heterochromis
Melanochromis kaskazini
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes (Mbuna cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Melanochromis loriae (Mbuna cichlid)
Melanochromis melanopterus (Black mbuna cichlid)
Melanochromis mossambiquensis
Melanochromis mpoto
Melanochromis robustus (Mbuna cichlid)
Melanochromis simulans (Longsnout mbuna cichlid)
Melanochromis vermivorus (Purple mbuna)
Melanochromis wochepa

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0