Snail-Crusher Hap
Trematocranus placodon
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A cichlid from Lake Malawi, from shallow water with Vallisneria beds. It eats mainly snails, crushed with special throat teeth — including the snail that transmits bilharzia. The female mouthbroods the eggs. It reaches 25 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Trematocranus placodon
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Synonyms
- Cyrtocara placodon, Haplochromis placodon
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
- pH
- 7.6–8.8
- General hardness (GH)
- 10–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 25 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 257 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 150 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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