Otopharynx brooksi
Otopharynx brooksi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name of this fish honours John Langdon Brooks (1920-2000), an evolutionary biologist at Yale University.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Otopharynx |
| Species: | O. brooksi |
| Binomial name | |
| Otopharynx brooksi M. K. Oliver, 1989 | |
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References
- Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Otopharynx brooksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60997A47227615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60997A47227615.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Otopharynx brooksi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 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 30 December 2018.
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