Sciaenochromis

Sciaenochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. The species are popular in the aquarium hobby, most notably S. fryeri.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Sciaenochromis is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Cichlidae, Electric Blue Hap and Haplochromini.

It sits within the topics Cichlid genera, Fishkeeping and Fish of Lake Malawi.

Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyCichlidae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations recorded254

Vissen Sciaenochromis is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de cichliden (Cichlidae). Soorten Sciaenochromis ahli (Trewavas, 1935) Sciaenochromis benthicola Konings, 1993 Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993 Sciaenochromis psammophilus Konings, 1993

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 3
Family: Cichlidae
Collections: YPM
Recorded in: Malawi

iDigBio →

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Cichlidae
Image: Electric blue hap.jpg

Show 4 more facts

taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Sciaenochromis
Commons category: Sciaenochromis
topic's main category: Category:Sciaenochromis

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

3 sections

Contents

Species
In the aquarium
References

Sciaenochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. The species are popular in the aquarium hobby, most notably S. fryeri.

Only males possess the impressive, electric blue coloration, while females are dull grey, and generally similar to the females of Aulonocara species. All Sciaenochromis are piscivores (fish-eaters) and prey mainly upon the fry of mbuna and other haplochromine cichlids.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sciaenochromis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.