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Maingano

Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos (Bowers & Stauffer, 1997)

Status not recordedbony fish

The maingano (Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the maingano

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the maingano live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the maingano as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Indonesia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the maingano endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the maingano classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusPseudotropheus
  7. SpeciesPseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos (Bowers & Stauffer, 1997)

Synonyms Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Blue Johanni cichlidEnglish
  • Stahlblauer MaulbrüterGerman
  • pyszczak mainganoPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the maingano

Other species in the same genus Pseudotropheus.

CompareMaingano vs Hornet cichlidMaingano vs Pseudotropheus fuscoidesMaingano vs Pseudotropheus fuscusMaingano vs Pseudotropheus galanos

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the maingano an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the maingano as introduced in 1 country: Indonesia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the maingano?

The maingano (Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Maingano (Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/maingano

MLA

“Maingano (Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/maingano.

BibTeX
@misc{maingano_2026,
  title = {Maingano (Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/maingano},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}