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]

Otopharynx brooksi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
Synonyms
  • Cyrtocara brooksi M. K. Oliver, 1984 (ambiguous)

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Otopharynx brooksi" in FishBase. April 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 30 December 2018.


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