Orange chromide

{{Short description|A species of cichlid, indigenous to Southern India and Sri Lanka, with orange coloration.}}

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| image = Etroplus Maculatus.JPG

| image_caption = Orange chromide from the Bharathapuzha River, India

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn|author1=Abraham, R.|author2=de Alwis Goonatilake, S.|author3=Fernado, M.|author4=Kotagama, O.|year=2019|title=Etroplus maculatus|page=e.T172481A60632931|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T172481A60632931.en|access-date=5 December 2023}}

| taxon = Pseudetroplus maculatus

| display_parents = 3

| parent_authority = Bleeker, 1862

| authority = (Bloch, 1795)

| synonyms = *Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795)

• Chaetodon maculatus Bloch, 1795
• Etroplus coruchi Cuvier, 1830
• Glyphisodon kakaitsel Lacepède, 1802
• Glyphisodon koruschi Cuvier, 1830

|synonyms_ref={{GBIF|taxon=Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795)|id=2372831|access-date=8 December 2023}}

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The orange chromide (Pseudetroplus maculatus ; more commonly Etroplus maculatus) is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to freshwater and brackish streams, lagoons and estuaries in southern India and Sri Lanka.Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). Zootaxa, 3838 (5): 595–600.{{cite book |last=Loiselle |first=P.V. |title=The Cichlid Aquarium |year=1995 |publisher=Tetra Press |location=Germany |isbn=1-56465-146-0}}{{FishBase |genus= Etroplus|species= maculatus| month = April | year = 2017}} It is also known as pallathi (Malayalam: പള്ളത്തി) in Malayalam. The species is popular with fishkeeping hobbyists, and is kept frequently in aquariums.{{cite book |author1=Riehl, R.. |author2=Baensch, H.A. |name-list-style=amp |title=Aquarium Atlas |year=1995 |publisher=Tetra Press |location=Germany |isbn=3-88244-050-3}} The species is part of the family Cichlidae and is included in subfamily Etroplinae. The orange chromide reaches a length of up to {{convert|8|cm|in|abbr=on}}.