Lethrinops turneri

Lethrinops turneri is a species of cichlid native to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe. This species grows to a length of 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist George F. Turner of Bangor University in Wales who worked on the fish and fisheries of Lakes Malawi and Malombe and who was the first to report this species in those waters.[3]

Lethrinops turneri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Lethrinops
Species:
L. turneri
Binomial name
Lethrinops turneri
Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003

References

  1. Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Lethrinops turneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61054A47231182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61054A47231182.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lethrinops turneri" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 December 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.