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Cichlidae
Petrotilapia microgalana
Petrotilapia microgalana
Fish Reaching Eleven Point Four Centimeters in African Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallPetrotilapia microgalana is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Petrotilapia
- Maximum length
- 11.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, along the northwestern shore in Malawi (Ref. 78421 , 79521 , 87181 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
