Biology:Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
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| Diplotaxodon greenwoodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxodon |
| Species: | D. greenwoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplotaxodon greenwoodi Stauffer & McKaye, 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60908/155044872. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Dipltaxodon greenwoodi" in FishBase. June 2018 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/.
- ↑ "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". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107581#page/47/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q3318178 entry
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