Docimodus johnstoni

Docimodus johnstoni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Docimodus
Species:	D. johnstoni
Binomial name
Docimodus johnstoni Boulenger, 1897
Synonyms
Docimodus johnstonii(misspelling)

Docimodus johnstoni is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is known from Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe, and the upper Shire River in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. ^[2] This species has unusual feeding habits: it is reported to feed on fins of clariid catfishes. ^{[2] [3]} The specific name honours the British explorer, botanist, linguist and Colonial administrator, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston GCMG KCB (also known as Sir Harry Johnston) (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927), who presented the type to the British Museum (Natural History). ^[4]

References

1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Docimodus johnstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T60909A155044971. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60909A155044971.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Docimodus johnstoni". 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.