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| status_ref = <ref>Konings, A. 2018. Petrotilapia chrysos. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T60963A47225637. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60963A47225637.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2018.</ref>
| status_ref = <ref>[[cite iucn | author = [[Ad Konings|Konings, A.]] | year = 2018 | title = ''Petrotilapia chrysos'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2018 | page = e.T60963A47225637 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60963A47225637.en | accessdate = 27 December 2018}}</ref>
| taxon = Petrotilapia chrysos
| taxon = Petrotilapia chrysos
| authority = [[Jay Richard Stauffer, Jr.|Stauffer]] & [[Ellen S. van Snik Gray|van Snik]], 1996
| authority = [[Jay Richard Stauffer, Jr.|Stauffer]] & [[Ellen S. van Snik Gray|van Snik]], 1996

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Petrotilapia chrysos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Petrotilapia
Species:
P. chrysos
Binomial name
Petrotilapia chrysos

Petrotilapia chrysos is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from around the southern islands of Chinyankwazi and Chinyamwezi. It prefers rocky substrates where it can graze on the algae growing on the rocks. This species can reach a length 13.1 centimetres (5.2 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. ^ [[cite iucn | author = Konings, A. | year = 2018 | title = Petrotilapia chrysos | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2018 | page = e.T60963A47225637 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60963A47225637.en | accessdate = 27 December 2018}}
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrotilapia chrysos". FishBase. April 2013 version.