Biology:Electric blue kande

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Electric blue kande
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Sciaenochromis
Species:
S. psammophilus
Binomial name
Sciaenochromis psammophilus
Konings, 1993

The electric blue kande (Sciaenochromis psammophilus) is a species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi where it prefers waters with a sandy substrate at depths of from 5 to 30 metres (16 to 98 ft). It can reach a length of 11.6 centimetres (4.6 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2018). "Sciaenochromis psammophilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T60969A47225969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60969A47225969.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60969/47225969. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sciaenochromis psammophilus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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