Sunset Haplo

Sunset Haplo
Sunset Haplo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Dimidiochromis
Species: D. strigatus
Binomial name
Dimidiochromis strigatus
(Regan, 1922)

Dimidiochromis strigatus, the Sunset Haplo (short for "haplochromine"), is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Haplochromis and known as Haplochromis 'sunset' in the aquarium fish trade.

It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

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