Mchenga cyclicos

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Mchenga cyclicos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mchenga
Species:
M. cyclicos
Binomial name
Mchenga cyclicos
Synonyms [2]

Copadichromis cyclicosStauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993

Mchenga cyclicos is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi, where it has been collected near the Nankumba Peninsula of Malawi. [1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

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References

  1. 1 2 Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2018). "Mchenga cyclicos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T60862A148845333. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60862A148845333.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Mchenga cyclicos" in FishBase. October 2018 version.