Chilotilapia rhoadesii

Chilotilapia rhoadesii
Malawi Bream
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Chilotilapia
Boulenger, 1908
Species: Chilotilapia rhoadesii
Binomial name
Chilotilapia rhoadesii
Boulenger, 1908

Chilotilapia is a monotypic genus of cichlid fish. The single species, Chilotilapia rhoadesii, is called Malawi Bream due to its looks. But it is quite unrelated to the breams proper, which are Cypriniformes.

C. rhoadesii is endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa.

References

  • FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).