Plecodus elaviae

Taxobox
name = "Plecodus elaviae"


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Plecodus"
species = "P. elaviae"
binomial = "Plecodus elaviae"
binomial_authority = Poll, 1949
synonyms =

"Plecodus elaviae" is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It forms large schools, and feeds off of the scales of other fish. Being a bi-parental mouthbreeder, both parents care for the offspring.²

ource

* Bigirimana, C. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60659/all Plecodus elaviae] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.

² [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8812]