Lethrinops stridei
Lethrinops stridei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it occurs at depths of from 15 to 55 metres (49 to 180 ft) in areas with sandy substrates. This species grows to a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours Kenneth E. Stride, who introduced successful commercial trawling to Lake Malawi,[3] and this species is now very rare in Lake Malawi and is threatened by overfishing by commercial trawlers.[1]
| Lethrinops stridei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Lethrinops |
| Species: | L. stridei |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethrinops stridei Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977 | |
References
- Darwall, W.R.T. (2018). "Lethrinops stridei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61038A47230152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61038A47230152.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lethrinops stridei" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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