Orange chromide
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Orange chromide
| Orange chromide | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Etroplinae |
| Genus: | Etroplus (Georges Cuvier, 1830) |
| Species: | E. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795) |
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The Orange chromide (Etroplus maculatus) is a species of fish endemic to freshwater and brackish streams, lagoons and estuaries in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1][2] It is also known as pallathi (Malayalam: പള്ളത്തി) in Malayalam. The species is popular with fishkeeping hobbyists, and is kept frequently in aquariums.[2][3] The species is part of family Cichlidae and is included in subfamily Etroplinae.[1]
Diet
The species co-occurs throughout its range with the green chromide (Etroplus suratensis). Orange chromides prey on the eggs and larvae of E. suratensis and also act as a "cleaner fish" removing parasites from the larger green chromides in a cleaning symbiosis.[2] The species also feeds on zooplankton and algae.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. "Etroplus maculatus, Orange chromide". FishBase. http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8703&genusname=Etroplus&speciesname=maculatus. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ a b c Loiselle, Paul V. (1995). The Cichlid Aquarium. Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 1-56465-146-0.
- ^ Riehl, Rüdiger. Editor.; Baensch, HA (1996. 5th Edn.). Aquarium Atlas. Germany: Tetra Press. ISBN 3-88244-050-3.
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