Endemic: Restricted to a particular place. Means the animal lives in a certain place and nowhere else.
Endosymbiotic: Being symbiotic and living within the body of an individual of the associated species.
Endemic Species: Species that naturally occurs in only one area or region. For example, the redfin darter is a fish endemic to the rivers of the Ozark forests.
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Endemic to Lake Malawi; widespread
A Malawi fish up to 8 inches that feeds on invertebrates.
Water, pH range: 7.2 - 8.8; dH range: 10.0 - 18.0.
Endemic to the northern half of Lake Tanganyika
Temperature Range:
75-79oF (24-26oC) ...
Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Western Rift Valley Lakes, Tanganyika (click on these areas to find other species found there)
pH
7.6 - 9.0 ...
Endemic Species - A species that is normally only found in one area or region.
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Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, the Masked angel can be found around the main Hawaiian Islands as well as into the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands chain.
Origin: Endemic to the Red Sea, and the price tag is justified.
Compatibility/Temperament: The Purple Tang is one of the more aggressive Tangs in the Zebrasoma genus.
It is an endemic Mediterranean species. It lives in the central Mediterranean area. Not found in the Iberian peninsula and Middle East. The species prefers sparse forests, areas with dry woods and meadows. Relatively rare species.
Spiranthes spiralis ...
Origin: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika (East Central Africa)
Temperament: Peaceful
Company: Cyphotilapia frontosa (Frontosa) is best kept alone or with other large Lake Tanganyika cichlids.
These fish are endemic to Lake Tanganyika in the African Rift Valley. The fish in my care are several generations on from original stock, which came to me from two local aquarium retail outlets.
However, there is another paper about the four endemic tilapiine species in Lake Malawi, which are open water fish and found throughout the lake.
The spring-fed pools are surrounded by arid landscape and the isolation has given numerous endemic species a chance to develop, including several species of fish, snails, plants and a crustacean.
HAB: East Africa; endemic to the coastal regions in rocky and planted biotopes of Lake Victoria.
Amphilophus citrinellus is a large cichlid fish endemic to Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua in Central America. In the aquarium trade A.
Paretroplus menarambo is a freshwater fish endemic to Madagascar and epitomizes captive breeding efforts to save threatened Malagasy fish. The last reports of this species in the wild were in the late 1990s and it is now listed as Extinct in the Wild.
These fish are endemic to the northern end of Lake Tanganyika, Africa. They prefer the top part of the water column, not often venturing below 6.5 feet (2 m).
This species is farm raised, but is endemic to the streams and rivers of Africa. As with other members of the primitive Polypteridae family, the Cuvier Bichir has the unique ability to survive out of water.
It was formerly known as Haplochromis compressiceps, and is endemic to the waters of Lake Malawi. It may also be listed under the genera Paratilapia, Haplochromis, and Cyrtocara.
Auratus
Origin= A species endemic to Lake Malawi
Scientific Name= Melanochromis auratus
Max. Size= Male: 4.33" (11CM) Female: 3.54" (9CM) ...
Natural Habitat: Asian Lakes (endemic to Lake Sentani in Irian Jaya, Indonesia)
Minimum Tank Size: 40 gallons
Tank Region: Middle to top of tank.
During the 1960's and 1970's, the lakes of the Great Rift Valley in Africa were discovered by aquarists. The great wealth of cichlids endemic to those lakes became a goldmine of novelties for aquarists.
Protomelas taeniolatus' (often sold under various trade names: Haplochromis Red Empress, Red Empress or Spindle Hap) is a cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.
Common Foods
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This cardinalfish hails from the Indonesian Bangaii Islands, for which it gets its name. It is fairly endemic to these islands.
 See also: Fish, Species, Water, Aquarium, Cichlid
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