Biology:Lacustricola margaritatus

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Lacustricola margaritatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Lacustricola
Species:
L. margaritatus
Binomial name
Lacustricola margaritatus
Nagy & Watters, 2022

Lacustricola margaritatus is a species of fish in the family Procatopodidae. This species is endemic to freshwater habitats in the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa. It is currently known from streams and swamps in the Lake Victoria basin in north-western Tanzania, south-western Kenya and southern Uganda, and in the Lake Kyoga basin in central Uganda.[2]

Sources

  1. Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2022). "Lacustricola margaritatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T219176408A219176412. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/219176408/219176412. Retrieved 12 February 2023. 
  2. Nagy, B. & Watters, B.R. (2022) Lacustricola margaritatus, a new species of lampeye from the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae). Zootaxa, 5128 (1): 44–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.2 Template:ResearchGatePub

Links

Wikidata ☰ Q116765943 entry