Ctenopharynx pictus

Ctenopharynx pictus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is restricted to Lake Malawi. It occurs throughout much of the lake, but mainly in rocky habitats at depths of 7–30 m (23–98 ft).[1] It is a mouthbrooder, but the female will often release the young near nesting kampango catfish. Their young are then brought up together.[3]

Ctenopharynx pictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Ctenopharynx
Species:
C. pictus
Binomial name
Ctenopharynx pictus
(Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms[2]
  • Haplochromis nitidus Trewavas, 1935
  • Cyrtocara nitida (Trewavas, 1935)
  • Cyrtocara nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)
  • Otopharynx nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)

References
  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Ctenopharynx pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60898A47221352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60898A47221352.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ctenopharynx pictus" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. McKaye, K.R. (1985). Cichlid–catfish mutualistic defence of young in Lake Malawi, Africa. Oceologia 66: 358–363.


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