Pelvicachromis taeniatus
SpeciesFish
A cichlid native to soft-water rivers of Benin and Nigeria.
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Pelvicachromis taeniatus
- Fish
Pelvicachromis taeniatus is a cichlid species from Benin and Nigeria, native to soft-water rivers and occasionally kept as an aquarium fish. It can reach 7.1 centimetres in standard length. The species occurs in geographically restricted colour varieties, often named for their collection localities, such as “Nigerian red” and “Moliwe”. Populations once included from Cameroon were later identified as Pelvicachromis kribensis and Pelvicachromis drachenfelsi.
- Range
- Benin and Nigeria
- Habitat
- Soft-water rivers
- Maximum length
- 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Pelvicachromis taeniatus (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q310822
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Neale Monks at en.wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsNeale Monks at en.wikipedia, Self-photographedModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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