Yellow Black Line Hap

Yellow Black Line Hap
Yellow Black Line Hap
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Mylochromis
Species: M. melanonotus
Binomial name
Mylochromis melanonotus
(Regan, 1922)
Synonyms

Platygnathochromis melanonotus (Regan, 1922)

The Yellow Black Line Hap (Mylochromis melanonotus), known in the aquarium fish trade as Haplochromis yellow black line is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is sometimes (but probably erroneously) separated in a monotypic genus Platygnathochromis.

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

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