Lionhead cichlid

Species of fish

Lionhead cichlid

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cichliformes
Family:  | Cichlidae
Genus:  | Steatocranus
Species:  |

S. casuarius

Binomial name
Steatocranus casuarius

Poll, 1939

The lionhead cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius), also known as African blockhead, buffalohead,[2] humphead cichlid, lionhead or lumphead is a species of rheophilic[3] cichlid native to Pool Malebo and the Congo River.[4] It uses caves for spawning.[1] This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[4] This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Moelants, T. (2010). "Steatocranus casuarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182754A7960255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182754A7960255.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ African Blockhead, Buffalohead, Lionhead, Lumphead Steatocranus casuarius \- mongabay.com
3. ^ Steatocranus casuarius by Richard O'Brien \- cichlid-forum.com
4. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Steatocranus casuarius" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Juvenile

Taxon identifiers

Steatocranus casuarius|

* Wikidata: Q999512
* ADW: Steatocranus_casuarius
* BOLD: 204599
* CoL: 4ZMMN
* EoL: 1002257
* FishBase: 8864
* GBIF: 2371088
* iNaturalist: 113092
* IRMNG: 10158841
* ITIS: 170022
* IUCN: 182754
* NCBI: 64557
* Open Tree of Life: 911145
* Plazi: 5EE4999D-8B34-39F5-D256-F0628139B82E
* WoRMS: 1014904
* ZooBank: DDEAFA4D-A0D9-471D-B2FA-1C72150B490C

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