Astatotilapia tweddlei

Astatotilapia tweddlei is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi and Mozambique. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.

Astatotilapia tweddlei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Astatotilapia
Species:
A. tweddlei
Binomial name
Astatotilapia tweddlei
(P. B. N. Jackson, 1985)
Synonyms

Haplochromis tweddlei Jackson, 1985

This species was placed in the genus Astatotilapia by FishBase which while stating that the taxonomy is uncertain, Haplochromis is in their view restricted to the rivers and lakes of the drainage basin of Lake Victoria and they tentatively place this species in Astatotilapia.[2] The IUCN state that until further research is undertaken A. tweddlei should be regarded as restricted to Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta and their drainages, as well as probably through the drainage of the Ruvuma River.[1] The specific name honours the fisheries scientist Denis Tweddle of the Malawi Fisheries Research Unit.[3]

References
  1. Tweddle, D. (2018). "Haplochromis tweddlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60847A47218165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60847A47218165.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Astatotilapia tweddlei" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
  3. 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 30 November 2018.


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