Biology:Baileychromis centropomoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Limnochromini |
| Genus: | Baileychromis Poll, 1986 |
| Species: | B. centropomoides
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| Baileychromis centropomoides (R. M. Bailey & D. J. Stewart, 1977)
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Baileychromis centropomoides is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa. This fish grows to a length of 16.8 centimetres (6.6 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The generic name is a compound noun, made up of the surname Bailey, in honour of the United States ichthyologist Reeve Maclaren Bailey (1911-2011) of the University of Michigan, and the Greek word chromis which was used by Aristotle for a type of fish. This was probably the drum Sciaenidae and may be derived from the word chroemo which means "to neigh" in reference to the noise made by drums. This word was applied to a number of percomorph fishes, such as damselfish, cardinalfish, dottybacks, wrasses and cichilds, by ichthyologists as these were thought to be closely related.[3]
References
- ↑ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Baileychromis centropomoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60465A12369032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60465A12369032.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60465/12369032. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Baileychromis centropomoides" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q2698606 entry
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