Biology:Diplotaxodon macrops

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Diplotaxodon macrops
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Diplotaxodon macrops (at bottom)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Diplotaxodon
Species:
D. macrops
Binomial name
Diplotaxodon macrops
G. F. Turner & Stauffer, 1998

Diplotaxodon macrops is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is found throughout the lake in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[1] Within Lake Malawi it is abundant near the lake bed over rock shelves. It appears to be a plankton eating species that feeds on insect larvae, crustaceans, and diatoms.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2019). "Diplotaxodon macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T61201A155051657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61201A155051657.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61201/155051657. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Diplotaxodon macrops" in FishBase. June 2018 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3318203 entry