Greenwoodochromis christyi is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the deeper water of southern Lake Tanganyika.[2]
Greenwoodochromis christyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Greenwoodochromis |
Species: | G. christyi
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Binomial name | |
Greenwoodochromis christyi (Trewavas, 1953)
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Etymology
editThe specific name of this fish honours the explorer and naturalist Cuthbert Christy (1863-1932).[3]
References
edit- ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Greenwoodochromis christyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60495A12364915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60495A12364915.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Greenwoodochromis christyi". FishBase. October 2018 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 24 January 2019.