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43 relations: Abactochromis, Ammonia, Ammonium nitrite, Aquarium, Aragonite, Astatotilapia burtoni, Aulonocara, Charles Tate Regan, Cichlid, Common name, Cyathochromis obliquidens, Cynotilapia, Ernst Ahl, Ethelwynn Trewavas, Fishkeeping, Fresh water, Genyochromis mento, George Albert Boulenger, Gephyrochromis, Haplochromine, Iodotropheus, Labeotropheus, Labidochromis, Lake Malawi, List of freshwater aquarium fish species, Maylandia, Maylandia estherae, Maylandia lombardoi, Melanochromis, Microsorum pteropus, Mouthbrooder, Omnivore, Periphyton, Petrotilapia, Pseudotropheus, Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos, Refugium (fishkeeping), Rhamphochromis, Sexual dimorphism, Substrate (aquarium), Tonga people (Malawi), Tropheops, Utaka.
Abactochromis
Abactochromis is a monotypic genus of cichlid fish containing the single species Abactochromis labrosus (formerly known as Melanochromis labrosus).
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Ammonia
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.
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Ammonium nitrite
Ammonium nitrite, NH4NO2, is the ammonia salt of nitrous acid.
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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.
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Aragonite
Aragonite is a carbonate mineral, one of the two most common, naturally occurring, crystal forms of calcium carbonate, CaCO3 (the other forms being the minerals calcite and vaterite).
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Astatotilapia burtoni
Astatotilapia burtoni is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae.
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Aulonocara
Aulonocara is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.
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Charles Tate Regan
Charles Tate Regan FRS (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century.
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Cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes.
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Common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, trivial name, trivial epithet, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; this kind of name is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized.
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Cyathochromis obliquidens
Cyathochromis obliquidens is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa where it is found in shallow, vegetated waters from depth.
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Cynotilapia
Cynotilapia is a genus of fishes from the family Cichlidae.
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Ernst Ahl
Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin.
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Ethelwynn Trewavas
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Fishkeeping
Fishkeeping is a popular hobby, practiced by aquarists, concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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Genyochromis mento
Genyochromis mento is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.
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George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
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Gephyrochromis
Gephyrochromis is a small genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa.
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Haplochromine
The haplochromine cichlids are a tribe of cichlids in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae called Haplochromini.
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Iodotropheus
Iodotropheus is a small genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa.
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Labeotropheus
Labeotropheus is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae endemic to Lake Malawi in eastern Africa.
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Labidochromis
Labidochromis is a genus of cichlid fishes that are endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.
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Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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List of freshwater aquarium fish species
A vast number of aquatic species have successfully adapted to live in the freshwater aquarium.
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Maylandia
Maylandia or Metriaclima is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.
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Maylandia estherae
Maylandia estherae (the red zebra, or Esther Grant's zebra) is a Pseudotrophine cichlid.
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Maylandia lombardoi
Maylandia lombardoi, is a long freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae. This species is popular in the aquarium hobby where it is sold under a variety of common names including: lombardoi, kenyi or kennyi. This species is sometimes seen in the genus Metriaclima owing to a dispute in which a minority of cichlid researchers do not consider Maylandia valid (see Maylandia for discussion.
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Melanochromis
Melanochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.
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Microsorum pteropus
Microsorum pteropus, commonly known as Java fern after the Indonesian island of Java, can be found in Malaysia, Thailand and some regions of China.
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Mouthbrooder
Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time.
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Omnivore
Omnivore is a consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin.
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Periphyton
Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
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Petrotilapia
Petrotilapia is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.
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Pseudotropheus
Pseudotropheus is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.
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Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from around Likoma Island where it prefers rocky substrates at depths of from.
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Refugium (fishkeeping)
In fishkeeping, a refugium is an appendage to a marine, brackish, or freshwater fish tank that shares the same water supply.
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Rhamphochromis
Rhamphochromis is a genus of East African cichlids endemic to the Lake Malawi basin, including the main lake, Lake Malombe, Lake Chilingali, Chia Lagoon and upper Shire River.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Substrate (aquarium)
The substrate of an aquarium refers to the material used on the tank bottom.
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Tonga people (Malawi)
The Tonga (also called Batonga, Lake Shore Tonga or Nyasa Tonga) are an ethnic group living in northern Malawi on the shores of Lake Malawi in Nkhata Bay and northern part of Nkhotakota.
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Tropheops
Tropheops is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.
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Utaka
''Copadichromis azureus'', one of the utaka of Lake Malawi in Africa Utaka is the term used for open water-dwelling cichlids found in Lake Malawi, the most diverse source of cichlids in the world of amateur aquaria.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuna
