Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni

Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it prefers areas with sandy substrates in which it digs crater-shaped nests. This carnivorous species takes fish as prey. This species can reach a length of 29.1 centimetres (11.5 in) TL.[2] This species inclusion in this genus has been questioned based upon its lacking many of the characteristics of its congeners.[3] It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the British zoologist William Alfred Cunnington (1877-1958), who collected the type on an expedition to Lake Tanganyika.[4]

Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Lepidiolamprologus
Species:
L. cunningtoni
Binomial name
Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms

Lamprologus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60558A12379296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60558A12379296.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Day, Julia J.; Santini, Simona & Garcia-Moreno, Jaime (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini: The story from mitochondrial DNA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(2): 629–642.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 January 2019.


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