Chilotilapia rhoadesii, the
Malawi bream, is a
species of
cichlid endemic to
Lake Malawi in
East Africa where it prefers areas with muddy substrates from the shallows to quite deep waters. Its primary food consists of
Melanoides and
Lanistes snails. It can reach a length of
TL. Though commonly called a "bream", this is due to its looks as it is quite unrelated to the
breams proper, which are
cypriniform fishes. This species is also found in the
aquarium trade. It is the only known member of its
genus.
