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Haplotaxodon microlepis

Haplotaxodon microlepis is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The adults spend most of their time in the open waters of the lake, either solitarily or in pairs. They sometimes form schools near the shores where there are rocky shorelines. They feed on zooplankton. Both parents mouthbrood the young until the attain a total length of 2.34 centimetres (0.92 in).

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Haplotaxodon microlepis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplotaxodon
Species:
H. microlepis
Binomial name
Haplotaxodon microlepis
Boulenger, 1906

Haplotaxodon microlepis is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The adults spend most of their time in the open waters of the lake, either solitarily or in pairs. They sometimes form schools near the shores where there are rocky shorelines. They feed on zooplankton. Both parents mouthbrood the young until the attain a total length of 2.34 centimetres (0.92 in).2

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  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Haplotaxodon microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006 e.T60530A12375104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60530A12375104.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplotaxodon microlepis". FishBase. October 2018 version.