Placidochromis johnstoni

Placidochromis johnstoni is a species of cichlid native to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper reaches of the Shire River where it prefers shallow waters with plentiful vegetation. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours the British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator and linguist Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston, better known as Harry Johnston, who collected the type and sent it to the British Museum (Natural History).[3]

Placidochromis johnstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Placidochromis
Species:
P. johnstoni
Binomial name
Placidochromis johnstoni
(Günther, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Chromis johnstoni Günther, 1894
  • Astatotilapia johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
  • Cyrtocara johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
  • Haplochromis johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
  • Tilapia johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
  • Haplochromis sexfasciatus Regan, 1922

References
  1. Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Placidochromis johnstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60983A47226881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60983A47226881.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Placidochromis johnstoni" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 January 2019.


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