| Alcolapia latilabris | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Alcolapia |
| Species: | A. latilabris |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcolapia latilabris (Seegers & Tichy, 1999) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oreochromis latilabris Seegers & Tichy, 1999 | |
Alcolapia latilabris, the wide-lipped Natron tilapia, is a species of small fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the hypersaline, warm Lake Natron in Tanzania. It lives near springs in the southern part of the lake. It reaches up to 6.2 cm (2.4 in) in standard length. It has a relatively broad, downturned mouth, which separates it from the two other fish in Lake Natron, A. alcalica and A. ndalalani.
References
- Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. (2006). "Oreochromis latilabris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60319A12348298. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60319A12348298.en. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alcolapia laitilabris". FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ Ford, A.G.P.; L. Ruber; J. Newton; K.K. Dasmahapatra; J.D. Balarin; K. Bruun; J.J. Day (2016). "Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation". Evolution. 70 (12): 2718–2735. doi:10.1111/evo.13072. PMC 5132037. PMID 27659769.
- Genner, M.J.; G.F. Turner; B.P. Ngatunga (2018). "A Guide to Tilapia Fishes of Tanzania" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Alcolapia latilabris | |
| Oreochromis latilabris | |
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