Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
Diplotaxodon greenwoodi is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It occurs in the reef and shelf zones of the lake where it preys on small cichlids.[2] The specific name honours the English ichthyologist Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995).[3]
| Diplotaxodon greenwoodi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxodon |
| Species: | D. greenwoodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplotaxodon greenwoodi Stauffer & McKaye, 1986 | |
References
- Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Diplotaxodon greenwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60908A47222012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60908A47222012.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Dipltaxodon greenwoodi" in FishBase. June 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 5 December 2018.
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