Diplotaxodon macrops

Diplotaxodon macrops is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is found throughout the lake in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[1] Within Lake Malawi it is abundant near the lake bed over rock shelves. It appears to be a plankton eating species that feeds on insect larvae, crustaceans, and diatoms.[2]

Diplotaxodon macrops
Diplotaxodon macrops (at bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Diplotaxodon
Species:
D. macrops
Binomial name
Diplotaxodon macrops
G. F. Turner & Stauffer, 1998

References

  1. Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Diplotaxodon macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61201A47239887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61201A47239887.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Diplotaxodon macrops" in FishBase. June 2018 version.


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