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Cichlidae
Petrotilapia chrysos
Petrotilapia chrysos
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Restricted distribution
SmallPetrotilapia chrysos is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from around the southern islands of Chinyankwazi and Chinyamwezi. It prefers rocky substrates where it can graze on the algae growing on the rocks.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Petrotilapia
- Maximum length
- 13.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: Endemic to Chinyankwazi and Chinyamwezi islands in the southeast arm of Lake Malawi, Malawi.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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