Biology:Cynotilapia axelrodi

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Short description: Species of fish

Cynotilapia axelrodi
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Cynotilapia
Species:
C. axelrodi
Binomial name
Cynotilapia axelrodi
W. E. Burgess, 1976

Cynotilapia axelrodi is a species haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi where it occurs in Nkhata Bay and Chirombo Point, Malawi.[2]

Etymology

The specific name honours the publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017).[3]

References

  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. (2018). "Cynotilapia axelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T60939A47224087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60939A47224087.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60939/47224087. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Cynotilapia axelrodi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3318510 entry