Biology:Lake Rukwa lampeye
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Short description: Species of fish
| Lake Rukwa lampeye | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Micropanchax |
| Species: | M. fuelleborni
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| Binomial name | |
| Micropanchax fuelleborni (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)
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| Synonyms | |
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Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni Ahl, 1924 | |
The Lake Rukwa lampeye (Micropanchax fuelleborni) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species occurs in central Africa in Lake Rukwa, Tanzania, the Malagarasi River, Wembere River system and the upper basin of the Congo River.[2] Its specific name honours the German physician and zoologist Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933), who collected the type.[3]
References
- ↑ FishBase team RMCA; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T60423A47188213. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60423/47188213. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Micropanchax fuelleborni" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2248026 entry
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