Cheilochromis euchilus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cheilochromis euchilus

Species Authority:

(Trewavas, 1935)

Common Name/s:

English

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Malawi Thicklip

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s	Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P.
Evaluator/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Widespread throughout Lake Malawi with no recorded major decline in population.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi. Widely distributed in the lake.
Countries:	Native: Malawi

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Common in the intermediate habitat and over sand. Mainly occurs in the shallow waters, not deeper than 8 m. It has fleshy lips that it uses to seal crevices between rocks when it sucks out small organisms hiding within the rock. Males in breeding colouration observed in the rocky areas of the intermediate habitat. Mouthbrooding females hide among rocks and stay solitary. Known as "Haplochromis Euchilus" in the aquarium trade.
Systems:	Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

Common in the intermediate habitat and over sand. Mainly occurs in the shallow waters, not deeper than 8 m. It has fleshy lips that it uses to seal crevices between rocks when it sucks out small organisms hiding within the rock. Males in breeding colouration observed in the rocky areas of the intermediate habitat. Mouthbrooding females hide among rocks and stay solitary. Known as "Haplochromis Euchilus" in the aquarium trade.

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No information available.

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Citation:	Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Cheilochromis euchilus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010.
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