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Protomelas pleurotaenia (Lake Malawi cichlid)

Synonyms: Cyrtocara pleurotaenia; Haplochromis microstoma; Haplochromis pleurotaenia; Limnotilapia pleurotaenia; Tilapia pleurotaenia
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja; Tonga; Yao

Wikipedia Abstract

Protomelas pleurotaenia is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from Monkey Bay and Nkhata Bay where it is known to occur from the surface to 10 metres (33 ft). This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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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