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Nimbochromis (Lake Malawi cichlid)

Wikipedia Abstract

Nimbochromis is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids mostly endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are known as sleeper cichlids or (in Chichewa) kaligono ("sleepers"), due to their unique hunting behaviour.
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Species

Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus (Fuscotaeniatus) (Vulnerable)
Nimbochromis linni (cichlid mouth breeder) (Attributes)
Nimbochromis livingstonii (Lake Malawi cichlid)
Nimbochromis polystigma (Polystigma)
Nimbochromis venustus (Venustus)

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