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Corematodus shiranus
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Corematodus
Species:	C. shiranus
Binomial name
Corematodus shiranus Boulenger, 1897

Corematodus shiranus is a species of haplochromine cichlid fish native to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper reaches of the Shire River in East Africa. It is an aggressive mimic of the chambo cichlids (Nyasalapia, a subgenus of Oreochromis) in both color pattern and swimming mode. It is therefore able to approach unsuspecting schools of these species and rapidly take a mouthful of scales or fin. Due to overfishing, the chambo cichlid populations have drastically declined, adversely affecting C. shiranus, which was last reported in 1997 and might now be extinct.

References

1. ^ Konings, A. (2018). "Corematodus shiranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60887A148657335. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60887A148657335.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Corematodus shiranus". FishBase. June 2018 version.
3. Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, pp. 90. ISBN 978-0866225274.
4. Oliver, M.K. (16 November 2000). Corematodus shiranus. MalawiCichlids. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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