Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Stigmatochromis > Stigmatochromis modestus

Stigmatochromis modestus (Lake Malawi cichlid)

Synonyms: Cyrtocara modesta; Haplochromis modestus; Hemichromis modestus; Paratilapia modesta
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja

Wikipedia Abstract

Stigmatochromis modestus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it lives among rocks. It is an ambush predator, feeding on other fishes. It can reach a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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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