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Placidochromis electra (Electra; Deep-water hap; Deepwater hap; Deep water hap)

Synonyms: Cyrtocara electra; Haplochromis electra
Language: Danish; Finnish; Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja

Wikipedia Abstract

The deepwater hap (Placidochromis electra) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it prefers areas with sandy substrates, generally at depths of around 7 metres (23 ft). This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthogyrus tilapiae[1]

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♦ 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