Super VC-10 hap
The Super VC-10 hap (Placidochromis milomo) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi along the Malawian shores of the lake. It prefers areas with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 18.7 centimetres (7.4 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] In the wild uses its thickened lips to scrape algae from rocks and this seems to thicken the lips further, which tends not to be the case with aquarium specimens which have only slightly thickened lips.[3]
| Super VC-10 hap | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Placidochromis |
| Species: | P. milomo |
| Binomial name | |
| Placidochromis milomo M. K. Oliver, 1989 | |
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It is an extremely thick-lipped species; its specific epithet milomo is the word for "lips" in the Chewa language.[4] The common name of this fish was coined by Peter Davies, a trader in Lake Malawi fish, who compared its rapid flight when he attempted to catch the fish with the Vickers Super VC-10 airliner, the type of aeroplane that flew from Malawi to London at that time.[3]
References
- Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Placidochromis milomo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60985A148667006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60985A148667006.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Placidochromis milomo" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- "Placidochromis milomo Super VC 10 Hap". Serioulsy Fish. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 January 2019.