Mchenga thinos is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is distributed lake-wide.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Mchenga |
| Species: | M. thinos
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| Mchenga thinos | |
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Copadichromis thinos Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993 | |
References edit
- ^ a b Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2018). "Mchenga thinos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60878A47220130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60878A47220130.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Mchenga thinos" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
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