Tropheops gracilior

Tropheops gracilior
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Tropheops
Species: T. gracilior
Binomial name
Tropheops gracilior
(Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Pseudotropheus tropheops gracilior Trewavas, 1935
  • Pseudotropheus gracilior Trewavas, 1935

Tropheops gracilior is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it lives in caves.

This species can reach a length of 11.2 centimetres (4.4 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Kasembe, J. 2006. Tropheops gracilior. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 June 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Tropheops gracilior" in FishBase. April 2013 version.