Biology:Grammatotria

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Grammatotria
Grammatotria lemairii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Ectodini
Genus: Grammatotria
Boulenger, 1899
Species:
G. lemairii
Binomial name
Grammatotria lemairii
Boulenger, 1899

Grammatotria lemairii is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa where it prefers areas with sandy substrates. This species can reach a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The species is occasionally kept as an aquarium fish.[3] The specific name honours Lieutenant Charles Lemaire (1863-1925) who was the leader of the Congo Free State Expedition, which collected specimens of fishes at Lake Tanganyika, including the type of G. lemairii.[4]

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Grammatotria lemairii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60494A12364751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60494A12364751.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60494/12364751. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Grammatotria lemairii" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Andersen, T. (2006) Grammatotria lemairii The Cichlid Room Companion Ed. Azas JMA.
  4. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/. Retrieved 25 November 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q783755 entry