Cynotilapia axelrodi is a species haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi where it occurs in Nkhata Bay and Chirombo Point, Malawi.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Cynotilapia |
Species: | C. axelrodi
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Binomial name | |
Cynotilapia axelrodi W. E. Burgess, 1976
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Etymology
editThe specific name honours the publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017).[3]
References
edit- ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. (2018). "Cynotilapia axelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60939A47224087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60939A47224087.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cynotilapia axelrodi". 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 4 December 2018.