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Maylandia livingstonii

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Species of fish

Maylandia livingstonii
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: Maylandia
Species: M. livingstonii
Binomial name
Maylandia livingstonii
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia livingstonii Boulenger, 1899
  • Metriaclima livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Pseudotropheus livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)

Maylandia livingstonii is a species of cichlid native to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. The specific name of this fish honours the Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone (1813-1873).

References

  1. ^ Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Pseudotropheus livingstonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61145A47237024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61145A47237024.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Maylandia livingstonii". FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. Stauffer, J.R.Jr., Konings, A.F. & Ryan, T.M. (2016): Redescription of Pseudotropheus livingstonii and Pseudotropheus elegans from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa, 4154 (2): 169-178.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Maylandia livingstonii
Pseudotropheus livingstonii
Metriaclima livingstonii


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