Sunset Haplo | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Dimidiochromis |
Species: | D. strigatus |
Binomial name | |
Dimidiochromis strigatus (Regan, 1922) |
Dimidiochromis strigatus, the Sunset Haplo (short for "haplochromine"), is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Haplochromis and known as Haplochromis 'sunset' in the aquarium fish trade.
It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.