| Egyptian mouthbrooder | |
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| Male Egyptian mouthbrooder | |
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| Female Egyptian mouthbrooder | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocrenilabrus |
| Species: | P. multicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor (Schöller, 1903)
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The Egyptian mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) is a species of cichlid. This small mouthbrooder reaches about 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, and is found in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats in Eastern Africa from Egypt and as far south as Tanzania. The common name Egyptian mouthbrooder was often limited to its northern nominate subspecies, in which case the southern P. m. victoriae is called the dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder. These subspecies are not universally regarded as valid.[2]
References
- ^ Twongo, T.K.; Hanssens, M. (2006). "Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60664A12392737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60664A12392737.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
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