''Melanochromis lepidiadaptes'' is a species of
cichlid
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 this ...
endemic to
Lake Malawi where it is only known from off of
Makanjila Point on the southeastern shore. This species can grow to a length of
SL.
References
lepidiadaptes
Fish of Lake Malawi
Fish of Malawi
Fish described in 1997
Taxa named by Nancy Jean Bowers
Taxa named by Jay Richard Stauffer Jr.
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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