Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Oreochromis > Oreochromis lidole

Oreochromis lidole (Cichlid)

Synonyms: Sarotherodon lidole; Tilapia lidole
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja; Swahili; Tonga; Tumbuka; Yao

Wikipedia Abstract

Oreochromis lidole is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to Malawi and can be found in Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and in the Shire River in Malawi. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is more popularly referred to as 'Chambo'.
View Wikipedia Record: Oreochromis lidole

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oreochromis lidole

Prey / Diet

Engraulicypris sardella (Lake sardine)[1]
Fenestraria rhopalophylla (babies toes)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthogyrus tilapiae[1]
Cichlidogyrus sclerosus[1]
Cichlidogyrus tilapiae[1]
Neobenedenia melleni[1]

Range Map

External References

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.
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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