Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. is endemic to the deep waters of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Greenwoodochromis |
| Species: | G. bellcrossi
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| Binomial name | |
| Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi (Poll, 1976)
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Etymology
editThe specific name of this fish honours the South African ichthyologist Graham Bell-Cross (1927-1998) who was deputy executive director of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60496A12365056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60496A12365056.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi". FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ 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 24 January 2019.
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