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Electric blue kande

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Species of fish

Electric blue kande
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sciaenochromis psammophilus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Sciaenochromis psammophilus


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