Biology:Benthochromis tricoti
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Short description: Species of fish
| Benthochromis tricoti | |
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| Benthochromis horii (a species that was confused with B. tricoti until 2008) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Benthochromis |
| Species: | B. tricoti
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| Binomial name | |
| Benthochromis tricoti (Poll, 1948)
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| Synonyms | |
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Haplotaxodon tricoti Poll, 1948 | |
Benthochromis tricoti is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa and lives at depths of up to 100 m (330 ft).[1] It feeds on small crustaceans and plankton. It reaches a maximum length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in). Like many other cichlids, it is a mouthbrooder.[2]
"B. tricoti" seen in the aquarium trade are actually B. horii, a species only scientifically described in 2008.[3]
The specific name of this fish honours a Monsieur Tricot, of the Great Lakes Railroad Company in Albertville, for the interest and concern he showed for the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika during 1946–1947, which collected the type.[4]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Benthochromis tricoti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60474A12359723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60474A12359723.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60474/12359723.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Benthochromis tricoti" in FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ↑ Takahashi, T. (2008). "Description of a new cichlid fish species of the genus Benthochromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Journal of Fish Biology 72 (3): 603–613. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01727.x.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 25 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae5/. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q3301105 entry
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