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Otopharynx brooksi

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Otopharynx brooksi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Otopharynx
Species:
O. brooksi
Binomial name
Otopharynx brooksi
Synonyms
  • Cyrtocara brooksi M. K. Oliver, 1984 (ambiguous)

Otopharynx brooksi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name of this fish honours John Langdon Brooks (1920-2000), an evolutionary biologist at Yale University.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Otopharynx brooksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60997A148667878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60997A148667878.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Otopharynx brooksi". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 December 2018.