Corematodus shiranus

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Corematodus
Species:
C. shiranus
Binomial name
Corematodus shiranus

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.[1] 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.[3][4] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.) (2018). "Corematodus shiranus" in 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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