Biology:Lake Rudolf lampeye
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Lake Rudolf lampeye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Micropanchax |
Species: | M. rudolfianus
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Binomial name | |
Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The Lake Rudolf lampeye (Micropanchax rudolfianus) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana (formerly known as Lake Rudolf) in Kenya and south western Ethiopia.[2] Within the lake it is found in shallow water among vegetation, spawning in the littoral zone and feeding on small insects and zooplankton.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Odhiambo, E.A. (2006). "Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60425A12364531. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60425/12364531. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Micropanchax rudolfianus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2247905 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake Rudolf lampeye.
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