Cyphotilapia gibberosa

Cyphotilapia gibberosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Cyphotilapia
Species:	C. gibberosa
Binomial name
Cyphotilapia gibberosa T. Takahashi & Nakaya, 2003 [1]

Cyphotilapia gibberosa is a species of fish in the cichlid family, one of two species in the genus Cyphotilapia . Native to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa, it was described in 2003 nearly 100 years after its congener, C. frontosa . ^[2] This species is a maternal mouth brooder. ^[3]

Distribution

Cyphotilapia gibberosa is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa like C. frontosa . ^[4] It is found in the southern half of this lake, whereas C. frontosa inhabits the northern half. The type specimen of C. gibberosa was caught at a depth of 34 m (112 ft) and large schools occur at 30–40 m (98–131 ft) or deeper. ^[4]

References

1. ITIS.gov
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cyphotilapia". FishBase . April 2017 version.
3. Cichlid-forum.com
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyphotilapia gibberosa". FishBase . April 2017 version.

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