Dimidiochromis kiwinge

Dimidiochromis kiwinge is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is found in Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

Dimidiochromis kiwinge

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Dimidiochromis
Species:
D. kiwinge
Binomial name
Dimidiochromis kiwinge
(Ahl, 1926)
Synonyms[2]
  • Haplochromis kiwinge Ahl, 1926
  • Cyrtocara kiwinge (Ahl, 1926)
  • Haplochromis fuelleborni Ahl, 1926

This species is normally found in the vicinity of rocks, although it frequently forms offshore shoals and is a common predator on the surface near the shore where it feeds on small fishes, especially utaka and Lake Malawi sardines. It either hunts in pairs or in large groups.[2] The females are mouthbrooders and while they are brooding young they remain in midwater until the fry are released.[1] This species is a lek breeder in which the males create raised bowls in the substrate near to each other and compete for the attention of the females which are ready to spawn.[3]

References
  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Dimidiochromis kiwinge". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60892A47220972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60892A47220972.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Dimidiochromis kiwinge" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. "Dimidiochromis kiwinge". The Cichlid Forum. Retrieved 5 December 2018.


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