Blue mbuna
| Blue mbuna | |
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| males of typical blue morph (above) and blotched morph (below) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Labeotropheus |
| Species: | L. fuelleborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Labeotropheus fuelleborni C. G. E. Ahl, 1926 | |
The blue mbuna (Labeotropheus fuelleborni) is a species of cichlid found in Lake Malawi where it inhabits areas with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. This species is important to local commercial fisheries as well as being found in the aquarium trade.[2] Some of its mottled forms are sometimes known as marmalade cat.
male of Labeotropheus fuelleborni
See also
References
- ↑ Kasembe, J. 2006. Labeotropheus fuelleborni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 21 April 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Labeotropheus fuelleborni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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