Cynotilapia axelrodi

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Cynotilapia axelrodi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Cynotilapia
Species:
C. axelrodi
Binomial name
Cynotilapia axelrodi

Cynotilapia axelrodi is a species haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi where it occurs in Nkhata Bay and Chirombo Point, Malawi. [2]

Etymology

The specific name honours the publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017). [3]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cynotilapia axelrodi". FishBase . June 2018 version.
  3. 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.