Biology:Lake Rudolf lampeye
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| Lake Rudolf lampeye | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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
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