| Cunningtonia | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Ectodini |
| Genus: | Cunningtonia Boulenger, 1906 |
| Species: | C. longiventralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cunningtonia longiventralis Boulenger, 1906 | |
Cunningtonia longiventralis is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa where it is found near rocky shores. It eats floating plankton. This species reaches a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. As of 2011 it is the only known member of its genus. The generic name honours the British zoologist and anthropologist William Alfred Cunnington (1877-1958), the leader of the expedition to Lake Tanganyika during which type was collected.
References
- Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Cunningtonia longiventralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60484A12362632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60484A12362632.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cunningtonia longiventralis". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (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 25 November 2018.
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| Cunningtonia longiventralis |
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