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Cichlidae
Maclear Cichlid
Alticorpus macrocleithrum
Broad shoulders hidden in deep Lake Malawi waters
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallMaclear Cichlid is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 12.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Alticorpus
- Maximum length
- 12.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi. Found at Cape Maclear and Monkey Bay.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
