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Electric blue hap

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Sciaenochromis
Species:	S. ahli
Binomial name
*Sciaenochromis ahli* (Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms
Haplochromis ahli Trewavas, 1935 Cyrtocara ahli (Trewavas, 1935)

The electric blue hap (Sciaenochromis ahli) is a species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi. It prefers to live in caves and crevices in rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

In the aquarium

The electric blue hap is a popular aquarium fish due to its colouration. It should be kept in tanks of no less than 150 litres. A semi aggressive fish, only one male is recommended per tank; however if large numbers are kept in a spacious enough environment, it is possible to keep more than one. Tank mates must be selected carefully. Large numbers prevent a single fish from being the target of aggression. The females are a drab grey in comparison and slightly smaller.^[3] They prefer rocky exhibits with coral sand.

Breeding

As with many other cichlids, the electric blue hap is a mouth-brooder. The recommended ratio of males to females is 1:4. The female broods for 2–3 weeks. When the fry are released, they are around 1 cm.^[4]

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours the German zoologist Ernst Ahl (1898-1945) who originally described this species in 1926 as Haplochromis serranoides but this name had already been used by Charles Tate Regan in 1922, although Regan's name is a synonym of Haplochromis spekii.^[5]

References

^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2018). "Sciaenochromis ahli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60965A47225751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60965A47225751.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sciaenochromis ahli". FishBase. April 2013 version.
^ "Sciaenochromis fryeri". www.borstein.info. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
^ "Electric Blue Hap | Sciaenochromis ahli".
^ 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 15 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers
Sciaenochromis ahli	Wikidata: Q3231375 ADW: Sciaenochromis_ahli CoL: 4VH8D EoL: 135901 FishBase: 2239 GBIF: 2372909 iNaturalist: 112307 IRMNG: 10153788 ITIS: 649293 IUCN: 60965 NCBI: 451859 Open Tree of Life: 30395 WoRMS: 1015441

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