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Diplotaxodon greenwoodi

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Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Diplotaxodon
Species:
D. greenwoodi
Binomial name
Diplotaxodon greenwoodi

Diplotaxodon greenwoodi is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It occurs in the reef and shelf zones of the lake where it preys on small cichlids.[2] The specific name honours the English ichthyologist Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927–1995).[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2019). "Diplotaxodon greenwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60908A155044872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60908A155044872.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dipltaxodon greenwoodi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ^ Description of a Paedophagous deep-water Cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa by Jay R. Stauffer Jr. and Kenneth R. McKaye Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:25–33(1986)i. 1986.