Docimodus evelynae

Docimodus evelynae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Docimodus
Species:	D. evelynae
Binomial name
Docimodus evelynae Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1976

Docimodus evelynae is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to Lake Malawi; it is widespread in the lake and found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. ^[2] This species has unusual feeding habits: it feeds upon the flank scales of cichlids or cyprinids and the skin of catfishes. ^{[2] [3]} The specific name honours Evelyn Axelrod, the wife of the publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017). ^[4]

References

1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Docimodus evelynae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T60915A47222441. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60915A47222441.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Docimodus evelynae". FishBase . April 2013 version.
3. Eccles, D. H.; Lewis, D. S. C. (1976). "A revision of the genus Docimodus Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae), a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 58 (2): 165–172. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb00826.x.
4. 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 5 December 2018.