Fire-tailed Pseudocrenilabrus

Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis, the fire-tailed pseudocrenilabrus, is a newly described species of small mouth-brooding haplochromine cichlid from Lake Mweru in south west central Africa. Its specific name is descriptive of its bright flame coloured orange tail in the breeding males which distinguishes it from the more widespread Pseudocrenilabrus philander.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cichlids and Allies
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Pseudocrenilabrus
Maximum length: 7.3 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: Lake Mweru in Zambia (Ref. 114630 ).

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