Corematodus taeniatus is a species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in East Africa.

[1] It is a generalized aggressive mimic of various sand-dwelling cichlids.

It is therefore able to approach unsuspecting schools of these species and rapidly take a mouthful of scales or fin.

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