the Ncheni type haplochromis (''Dimidiochromis dimidiatus'') is a species of freshwater
fish in the family
Cichlidae
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted thi ...
. It was formerly placed in the
genus ''
Haplochromis'' and is known in the
aquarium
An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
fish trade.
It is
endemic to
Lake Malawi being found in
Malawi,
Mozambique, and
Tanzania.
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References
Ncheni type haplochromis
Fish described in 1864
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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