Bathybates graueri

Bathybates graueri is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Austrian explorer and zoologist Rudolf Grauer (1870-1927), who was the collector of the type.[3]

Bathybates graueri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Bathybates
Species:
B. graueri
Binomial name
Bathybates graueri

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Bathybates graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60468A12369274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60468A12369274.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Bathybates graueri" 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 20 January 2019.


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