Bathybates graueri
Bathybates graueri is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Austrian explorer and zoologist Rudolf Grauer (1870-1927), who was the collector of the type.[3]
Bathybates graueri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Bathybates |
Species: | B. graueri |
Binomial name | |
Bathybates graueri Steindachner, 1911 | |
References
- Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Bathybates graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60468A12369274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60468A12369274.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Bathybates graueri" in 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 20 January 2019.
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