Diplotaxodon greenwoodi

Diplotaxodon greenwoodi is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It occurs in the reef and shelf zones of the lake where it preys on small cichlids.[2] The specific name honours the English ichthyologist Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995).[3]

Diplotaxodon greenwoodi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Diplotaxodon
Species:
D. greenwoodi
Binomial name
Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
Stauffer & McKaye, 1986

References

  1. Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Diplotaxodon greenwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60908A47222012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60908A47222012.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Dipltaxodon greenwoodi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 December 2018.



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