Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Protomelas > Protomelas spilonotus

Protomelas spilonotus (Lake Malawi cichlid)

Synonyms: Cyrtocara spilonotus; Haplochromis spilonotus
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja

Wikipedia Abstract

Protomelas spilonotus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it prefers areas with clean, rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 16.7 centimetres (6.6 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
View Wikipedia Record: Protomelas spilonotus

Range Map

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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