Mchenga eucinostomus

Mchenga eucinostomus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[3]

Mchenga eucinostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mchenga
Species:
M. eucinostomus
Binomial name
Mchenga eucinostomus
(Regan, 1922 )
Synonyms[2]
  • Haplochromis eucinostomus Regan, 1922
  • Copadichromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
  • Cyrtocara eucinostoma (Regan, 1922)
  • Cyrtocara eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
  • Nyassachromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)

Mchenga eucinostomus is a Lekking fish, the males build sand castles. The lek member with the tallest mound of sand – almost a meter wide at the base – wins the females. These sandcastles take this ten centimeter (four inch) long animal two weeks to build.[4]

References
  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. (2018). "Mchenga eucinostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60863A47219093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60863A47219093.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Mchenga eucinostomus" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. Kazembe, J., Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. 2005. Copadichromis eucinostomus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
  4. Judson, Olivia 2002. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 0-8050-6331-5.


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