Astatotilapia calliptera
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| Astatotilapia calliptera | |
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| Male above, females below, all of Lake Chilingali origin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Astatotilapia |
| Species: | A. calliptera |
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| Astatotilapia calliptera | |
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Astatotilapia calliptera, the eastern happy or eastern river bream, is a species of haplochromine cichlid from southeastern Africa.
The male Astatotilapia calliptera has blue lips and a dark line through its eye. It can show a reddish forehead but the body is normally yellow, although some wild populations are blue.[3] The females are smaller than the males and are brownish silvery in colour.[4] The maximum total length is 15 cm (5.9 in).[5]
Distribution
Astatotilapia calliptera occurs in Lake Malawi and its drainage, the Shire River, and Lakes Chiuta and Chilwa. It has also been recorded from the lower Zambezi River,[5] and in coastal rivers on the coastal plain of Mozambique, from the Rovuma River and south as far as the Save River,[1] This species is established as a non-native, introduced species in Broward County and Palm Beach County in Florida, United States.[6]