Malawi gar

It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

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The Malawi gar lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

The Malawi Gar (Lichnochromis acuticeps) is a ray-finned fish species in the monotypic genus Lichnochromis. Though it reminds of a gar in habitus, it is actually in the teleost family Cichlidae and thus as distantly related to gars as living Neopterygii can possibly be. More

Common names

Chisawasawa in Nyanja
Chisawasawa in Unknown
Lattakuonoahven in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Lichnochromis acuticeps in French (français)
Malawi gar in English
尖头艳丽鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
尖头艳丽鱼 in Unknown
尖頭艷麗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
尖頭艷麗魚 in Unknown

Order : Perciformes
Family : Cichlidae
Genus : Lichnochromis
Species : Lichnochromis acuticeps
Authority : Trewavas, 1935

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