Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
| Diplotaxodon greenwoodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxodon |
| Species: | D. greenwoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplotaxodon greenwoodi Stauffer & , 1986
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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][4]
References[]
- ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2019). "Diplotaxodon greenwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60908A155044872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60908A155044872.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Dipltaxodon greenwoodi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Description of a Paedophagous deep-water Cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa by Jay R. Stauffer Jr. and Kenneth R. McKaye Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:25-33(1986)i".
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Diplotaxodon
- Fauna of Malawi
- Lake fish of Africa
- Cichlid fish of Africa
- Taxa named by Jay Richard Stauffer Jr.
- Taxa named by Kenneth Robert McKaye
- Fish described in 1986
- Cichlidae stubs