Pseudosimochromis margaretae

Pseudosimochromis margaretae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is only known from the area of Kigoma in Tanzania. It prefers waters with rock-rubble substrates, mostly at less than 5 metres (16 ft) but not deeper than 10 metres (33 ft). It can reach a length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours Margaret Mary Smith (1916-1987), who was the first director of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology.[3]

Pseudosimochromis margaretae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Pseudosimochromis
Species:
P. margaretae
Binomial name
Pseudosimochromis margaretae
(G. S. Axelrod & J. A. Harrison, 1978)
Synonyms

Simochromis margaretae G.S. Axelrod & J.A. Harrison, 1978

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Simochromis margaretae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60679A12384059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60679A12384059.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Pseudosimochromis margaretae" in FishBase. April 2017 version.
  3. 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 20 February 2019.


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