Orange-fringed largemouth

Chetia brevis
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Chetia
Species:	C. brevis
Binomial name
	Chetia brevis; R. A. Jubb, 1968
Synonyms
	Astatotilapia brevis (R. A. Jubb, 1968); Haplochromis brevis (R. A. Jubb, 1968) (ambiguous);

Chetia brevis, the orange-fringed largemouth or orange-fringed river bream, is a species of cichlid native to Mozambique and South Africa. It occurs in the Komati River system in South Africa as well as in coastal lakes of Mozambique. It inhabits quiet waters with marginal vegetation and sandy substrates. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.^[2]

References

^ Engelbrecht, J. & Bills, R. 2007. Chetia brevis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 April 2014.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Chetia brevis" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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[1] Engelbrecht, J. & Bills, R. 2007. Chetia brevis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 April 2014.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Chetia brevis" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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