Maylandia livingstonii is a species of cichlid native to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe.[1] This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3] The specific name of this fish honours the Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone (1813-1873).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Maylandia |
| Species: | M. livingstonii
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| Maylandia livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)
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References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Maylandia livingstonii". FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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