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Cichlid and Lake Malawi

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Difference between Cichlid and Lake Malawi

Cichlid vs. Lake Malawi

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

Similarities between Cichlid and Lake Malawi

Cichlid and Lake Malawi have 26 things in common (in Unionpedia): Aquarium, Astatotilapia, Aulonocara, Cyprinidae, Deforestation, Diplotaxodon, East African Rift, Europe, Fish fin, Fossorochromis rostratus, Haplochromine, Haplochromis, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Lake Malawi National Park, Lake Tanganyika, Mouthbrooder, Nimbochromis livingstonii, Oreochromis, Periphyton, Piscivore, Redbreast tilapia, Rhamphochromis, Rift Valley lakes, Serranochromis, Tilapiine cichlid, Undescribed taxon.

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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Astatotilapia

Astatotilapia is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in Eastern and Northern Africa, and Western Asia.

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Aulonocara

Aulonocara is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.

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Cyprinidae

The Cyprinidae are the family of freshwater fishes, collectively called cyprinids, that includes the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives (for example, the barbs and barbels).

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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Diplotaxodon

Diplotaxodon is a small genus of seven formally described, as well as a number of undescribed, deep-water species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa.

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East African Rift

The East African Rift (EAR) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fish fin

Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.

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Fossorochromis rostratus

Fossorochromis rostratus is a species of cichlid fish that is 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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Haplochromis

Haplochromis is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cichlidae.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Lake Malawi National Park

Lake Malawi National Park is a national park at the southern end of Lake Malawi in Malawi, Southeast Africa.

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Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake.

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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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Nimbochromis livingstonii

Nimbochromis livingstonii, Livingston's cichlid or (locally) kalingono, is a freshwater mouthbrooding cichlid native to Lake Malawi, an African Rift Lake.

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Oreochromis

Oreochromis is a large genus of tilapiine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and the Middle East.

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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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Piscivore

A piscivore is a carnivorous animal that eats primarily fish.

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Redbreast tilapia

The redbreast tilapia, Coptodon rendalli, is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.

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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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Rift Valley lakes

The Rift Valley lakes are a group of lakes in the East African Rift that runs north-south through the eastern side of the African continent, from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south.

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Serranochromis

Serranochromis is a genus of relatively large, predatory cichlids from freshwater habitats in mainland Southern Africa, ranging as far north as DR Congo and Tanzania.

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Tilapiine cichlid

The Tilapiini are a tribe within the family Cichlidae commonly known as tilapiine cichlids.

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Undescribed taxon

In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon (for example, a species) that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named.

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The list above answers the following questions

Cichlid and Lake Malawi Comparison

Cichlid has 434 relations, while Lake Malawi has 172. As they have in common 26, the Jaccard index is 4.29% = 26 / (434 + 172).

References

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