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Pseudotropheus crabro

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Pseudotropheus crabro, the bumblebee cichlid or hornet cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is found in different habitats but most frequently in large caves or in the vicinity of large boulders. [1]

11 relations: Cichlid, Cleaner fish, Endemism, Fish measurement, Kampango, Lake Malawi, List of freshwater aquarium fish species, Mbuna, Mouthbrooder, Parasitism, Species.

Cichlid

Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes.

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Cleaner fish

Cleaner fish are fish that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin and ectoparasites.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Fish measurement

Fish measurement is the measuring of the length of individual fish and of various parts of their anatomy.

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Kampango

The kampango or kampoyo (Bagrus meridionalis) is a large, territorial and predatory bagrid catfish endemic to Lake Malawi, occurring from the lower reaches of rivers to the deepest habitable parts of the lake.

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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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Mbuna

Mbuna (pronounced um-boo-nah) is the common name for a large group of African haplochromine cichlids from Lake Malawi.

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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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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Bumblebee cichlid, Hornet cichlid, Maylandia crabro, Melanochromis crabro.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotropheus_crabro

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