Bathybates fasciatus

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Bathybates fasciatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Bathybates
Species:
B. fasciatus
Binomial name
Bathybates fasciatus
Boulenger, 1901

Bathybates fasciatus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids. [2]

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References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Bathybates fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T60469A12369359. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60469A12369359.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Bathybates fasciatus" in FishBase . October 2018 version.

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