Mchenga eucinostomus

Mchenga eucinostomus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1]

Mchenga eucinostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mchenga
Species:
M. eucinostomus
Binomial name
Mchenga eucinostomus
(Regan, 1922 )
Synonyms[2]
  • Haplochromis eucinostomus Regan, 1922
  • Copadichromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
  • Cyrtocara eucinostoma (Regan, 1922)
  • Cyrtocara eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
  • Nyassachromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)

Mchenga eucinostomus is a Lekking fish, the males build sand castles. The lek member with the tallest mound of sand – almost a meter wide at the base – wins the females. These sandcastles take this ten centimeter (four inch) long animal two weeks to build.[3]

References
  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2019). "Mchenga eucinostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60863A155042042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60863A155042042.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Mchenga eucinostomus" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. Judson, Olivia 2002. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 0-8050-6331-5.


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