Biology:Trematocara kufferathi
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Trematocara |
| Species: | T. kufferathi
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| Binomial name | |
| Trematocara kufferathi Poll, 1948
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Trematocara kufferathi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) TL.[2] This fish's specific name honours the Belgian chemist Jean Kufferath, who was a member of the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika in 1946 and 1947, during which type of this species was collected.[3]
References
- ↑ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Trematocara kufferathi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60692A12388176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60692A12388176.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60692/12388176. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Trematocara kufferathi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 25 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae5/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3316858 entry
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