Grammatotria

Grammatotria lemairii is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa where it prefers areas with sandy substrates. This species can reach a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The species is occasionally kept as an aquarium fish.[3] The specific name honours Lieutenant Charles Lemaire (1863-1925) who was the leader of the Congo Free State Expedition, which collected specimens of fishes at Lake Tanganyika, including the type of G. lemairii.[4]

Grammatotria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Ectodini
Genus: Grammatotria
Boulenger, 1899
Species:
G. lemairii
Binomial name
Grammatotria lemairii
Boulenger, 1899

References
  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Grammatotria lemairii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60494A12364751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60494A12364751.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Grammatotria lemairii" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Andersen, T. (2006) Grammatotria lemairii The Cichlid Room Companion Ed. Azas JMA.
  4. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (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 25 November 2018.


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