Julidochromis marksmithi

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Julidochromis marksmithi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Julidochromis
Species:
J. marksmithi
Binomial name
Julidochromis marksmithi

Julidochromis marksmithi is a species of cichlid from the tribe Lamprologini of the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae which is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it occurs on the Tanzanian shore around Kiplipi in Nkasi District. [1]

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours the aquarist Mark Smith. [2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Julidochromis marksmithi". FishBase . October 2018 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 January 2019.