Malawi Gar

Malawi Gar
Lichnochromis acuticeps
Iridescent light blue fish with red and white fins.
Lichnochromis acuticeps in the aquarium.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Lichnochromis
Trewavas, 1935
Species: L. acuticeps
Binomial name
Lichnochromis acuticeps
(Trewavas, 1935)

The Malawi Gar (Lichnochromis acuticeps) is a ray-finned fish species in the monotypic genus Lichnochromis. Though it reminds of a gar in habitus, it is actually in the teleost family Cichlidae and thus as distantly related to gars as living Neopterygii can possibly be.

It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

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