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Maylandia zebra (Zebra mbuna; Zebra Malawi Cichlid; Malawi blue cichlid; Blue mbuna)

Synonyms: Metriaclima zebra; Pseudotropheus zebra; Tilapia zebra
Language: Danish; Finnish; Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja; Polish; Tonga; Tumbuka; Yao

Wikipedia Abstract

The zebra mbuna (Maylandia zebra) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa. This species can reach a length of 11.3 cm (4.4 in). It feeds on aufwuchs, a surface layer of mostly algal material that grows on rocks. This cichlid is a mouthbrooder and the female broods the eggs in her mouth for about three weeks. This fish can sometimes be found in the aquarium trade.
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Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]

Predators

Ceryle rudis (Pied Kingfisher)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthogyrus tilapiae[1]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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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