| Corematodus shiranus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Corematodus |
| Species: | C. shiranus |
| Binomial name | |
| Corematodus shiranus | |
Corematodus shiranus is a species of haplochromine cichlid fish native to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper reaches of the Shire River in East Africa.[1] It is an aggressive mimic of the chambo cichlids (Nyasalapia, a subgenus of Oreochromis) in both color pattern and swimming mode. It is therefore able to approach unsuspecting schools of these species and rapidly take a mouthful of scales or fin.[3][4] Due to overfishing, the chambo cichlid populations have drastically declined, adversely affecting C. shiranus, which was last reported in 1997 and might now be extinct.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Konings, A. (2018). "Corematodus shiranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60887A47220677. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60887A47220677.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Corematodus shiranus" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, pp. 90. ISBN 978-0866225274.
- ^ Oliver, M.K. (16 November 2000). Corematodus shiranus. MalawiCichlids. Retrieved 13 April 2017.