Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi

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Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Greenwoodochromis
Species:
G. bellcrossi
Binomial name
Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi
(Poll, 1976)
Synonyms
  • Hemibates bellcrossiPoll, 1976
  • Lepidochromis bellcrossi(Poll, 1976)
  • Limnochromis bellcrossi(Poll, 1976)

Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. is endemic to the deep waters of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. [2] The specific name of thisfish honours the South African ichthyologist Graham Bell-Cross (1927-1998) who was deputy executive director of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia. [3]

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References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T60496A12365056. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60496A12365056.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi" in FishBase . October 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 24 January 2019.

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