Mchenga eucinostomus

Mchenga eucinostomus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.^[1]

Mchenga eucinostomus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Mchenga
Species:	M. eucinostomus
Binomial name
Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922 )
Synonyms[2]
Haplochromis eucinostomus Regan, 1922 Copadichromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922) Cyrtocara eucinostoma (Regan, 1922) Cyrtocara eucinostomus (Regan, 1922) Nyassachromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)

Mchenga eucinostomus is a Lekking fish, the males build sand castles. The lek member with the tallest mound of sand – almost a meter (three feet) wide at the base – wins the females. These sandcastles take this ten-centimetre (four-inch) long animal two weeks to build.^[3]