Alcolapia ndalalani
Alcolapia ndalalani, the narrow-mouthed Natron tilapia, is a species of small fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the hypersaline, warm Lake Natron in Tanzania. Here it lives in creeks and springs at the southern shores of the lake.[1][2] It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in standard length.[1] It has a relatively narrow, downturned mouth, which separates it from the two other fish in Lake Natron, A. alcalica and A. latilabris.[2][3]
| Alcolapia ndalalani | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Alcolapia |
| Species: | A. ndalalani |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcolapia ndalalani (Seegers & Tichy, 1999) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oreochromis ndalalani Seegers and Tichy, 1999 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Alcolapia ndalalani" in FishBase. November 2019 version.
- Ford, A.G.P.; L. Ruber; J. Newton; K.K. Dasmahapatra; J.D. Balarin; K. Bruun; J.J. Day (2016). "Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation". Evolution. 70 (12): 2718–2735. doi:10.1111/evo.13072.
- Genner, M.J.; G.F. Turner; B.P. Ngatunga (2018). "A Guide to Tilapia Fishes of Tanzania" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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