Buccochromis rhoadesii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Buccochromis |
| Species: | B. rhoadesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Buccochromis rhoadesii (Boulenger, 1908)
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Buccochromis rhoadesii is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[2]
This is a
piscivorous species which is found over softer substrates such as muddy or sandy areas as well as off beaches. It lives in small groups at depths of 15–30 metres (50–100 ft), these groups usually contain a single breeding male who creates a large heap of sand with a sloping surface for spawning on. The juveniles form large shoals.[1]
The
British Museum (Natural History).[3]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Buccochromis rhoadesii" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2018.