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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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{{Speciesbox
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Petrotilapia chrysos''
| name =
| image =
| image =
| status = VU
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |date=2018 |title=''Petrotilapia chrysos'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T60963A47225637 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60963A47225637.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| taxon = Petrotilapia chrysos
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| authority = [[Jay Richard Stauffer Jr.|Stauffer]] & [[Ellen S. van Snik Gray|van Snik]], 1996
| ordo = [[Perciformes]]
| synonyms =
| familia = [[Cichlidae]]
}}
| genus = ''[[Petrotilapia]]''
| species = '''''P. chrysos'''''
| binomial = ''Petrotilapia chrysos''
| binomial_authority = Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
| synonyms = }}
'''''Petrotilapia chrysos''''' is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Cichlidae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Malawi]]. [[Category:Fauna of Malawi]] Its natural [[habitat]] is freshwater [[lake]]s.


'''''Petrotilapia chrysos''''' is a species of [[cichlid]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Lake Malawi]] where it is only known from around the southern islands of [[Chinyankwazi Island|Chinyankwazi]] and [[Chinyamwezi Island|Chinyamwezi]]. It prefers rocky substrates where it can graze on the algae growing on the rocks. This species can reach a length {{convert|13.1|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]].<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Petrotilapia|species= chrysos| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref>
==Source==
* Kasembe, J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60963/all Petrotilapia chrysos]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on [[04 August]] [[2007]].


==References==
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[[Category:Petrotilapia]]


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[[pt:‎Petrotilapia chrysos]]

[[Category:Petrotilapia|chrysos]]
[[Category:Fish of Lake Malawi]]
[[Category:Fish of Malawi]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1996]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Jay Richard Stauffer Jr.]]
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 30 January 2024

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

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  1. ^ Konings, A. (2018). "Petrotilapia chrysos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60963A47225637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60963A47225637.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Petrotilapia chrysos". FishBase. April 2013 version.