Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Scientific name Chilotilapia rhoadesii Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Cichlidae Tribe Haplochromini Higher classification Chilotilapia | |
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Similar Cichlid, Buccochromis rhoadesii, Buccochromis, Champsochromis caeruleus, Tramitichromis | ||
Chilotilapia rhoadesii
Chilotilapia rhoadesii, the Malawi bream, is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa where it prefers areas with muddy substrates from the shallows to quite deep waters. Its primary food consists of Melanoides and Lanistes snails. It can reach a length of 22.5 centimetres (8.9 in) TL. Though commonly called a "bream", this is due to its looks as it is quite unrelated to the breams proper, which are cypriniform fishes. This species is also found in the aquarium trade. It is the only known member of its genus.
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Protomelas taeniolatus or chilotilapia rhoadesii
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