Mchenga eucinostomus

Mchenga eucinostomus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Mchenga
Species:	M. eucinostomus
Binomial name
	Mchenga eucinostomus; (Regan, 1922 )
Synonyms
	Haplochromis eucinostomus Regan, 1922; Copadichromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922); Cyrtocara eucinostoma (Regan, 1922); Cyrtocara eucinostomus (Regan, 1922); Nyassachromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922);

Mchenga eucinostomus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.^[1]

Mchenga eucinostomus is a Lekking fish, the males build sand castles. The lek member with the tallest mound of sand – almost a meter wide at the base – wins the females. These sandcastles take this ten centimeter (four inch) long animal two weeks to build.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2019). "Mchenga eucinostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60863A155042042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60863A155042042.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Mchenga eucinostomus" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
^ Judson, Olivia 2002. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 0-8050-6331-5.

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[iucn_status_15_November_2021-1] Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2019). "Mchenga eucinostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60863A155042042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60863A155042042.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Mchenga eucinostomus" in FishBase. October 2018 version.

[sex_advice-3] Judson, Olivia 2002. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice To All Creation. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 0-8050-6331-5.

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Taxon identifiers
Mchenga eucinostomus	Wikidata: Q5520579 Wikispecies: Mchenga eucinostomus EoL: 993555 FishBase: 2291 GBIF: 2370273 iNaturalist: 105374 IUCN: 60863 NCBI: 35574 WoRMS: 1026678
Haplochromis eucinostomus	Wikidata: Q41505296 GBIF: 2370277 IRMNG: 10575387 WoRMS: 1016753

Mchenga eucinostomus

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Mchenga
Species:	M. eucinostomus
Binomial name
*Mchenga eucinostomus* (Regan, 1922 )
Synonyms^[2]
Haplochromis eucinostomus Regan, 1922 Copadichromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922) Cyrtocara eucinostoma (Regan, 1922) Cyrtocara eucinostomus (Regan, 1922) Nyassachromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)