Mastacembelus cunningtoni

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Mastacembelus cunningtoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Genus: Mastacembelus
Species:
M. cunningtoni
Binomial name
Mastacembelus cunningtoni
Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms [2]
  • Aethiomastacembelus cunningtoni(Boulenger, 1906)
  • Afromastacembelus cunningtoni(Boulenger, 1906)

Mastacembelus cunningtoni is a species of fish in the family Mastacembelidae. It is endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin, including the Lakes outflow, the Lukuga River as far as the Kisimba-Kilia rapids. It occurs in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. [2] The specific name of this fish honours the British zoologist and anthropologist William Alfred Cunnington (1877-1958), leader of the expedition to Lake Tanganyika which collected the type. [3]

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References

  1. Bigirimana, C. & Vreven, E. (2006). "Mastacembelus cunningtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T60388A12348700. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60388A12348700.en .
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Mastacembelus cunningtoni" in FishBase . August 2019 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (17 June 2019). "Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES: Families SYNBRANCHIDAE, CHAUDHURIIDAE, MASTACEMBELIDAE and INDOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 November 2019.