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Alticorpus peterdaviesi

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Alticorpus peterdaviesi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Alticorpus
Species: A. peterdaviesi
Binomial name
Alticorpus peterdaviesi
(W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
Synonyms
  • Trematocranus peterdaviesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973
  • Lethrinops peterdaviesi (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)
  • Alticorpus pectinatum Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

Alticorpus peterdaviesi is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is found in the southern part of the lake, in areas where the substrate consists of "diatom ooze" and diatoms probably form the major part of its diet.

Etymology

The specific name honours Peter Davies, an exporter of live fish from Lake Malawi who provided great assistance to the authors.

References

  1. Konings, A. (2018). "Alticorpus peterdaviesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T57540405A58341541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T57540405A58341541.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alticorpus peterdaviesi". 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 26 November 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Alticorpus peterdaviesi


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