Sciaenochromis fryeri

Sciaenochromis fryeri is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is found along the rocky coastal areas at depths of from 10 to 40 metres (33 to 131 ft). It can reach a length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours Geoffrey Fryer (b.1927) who was Fisheries Research Officer, Joint Fisheries Research Organisation of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.[3]

Sciaenochromis fryeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Sciaenochromis
Species:
S. fryeri
Binomial name
Sciaenochromis fryeri
Konings, 1993

References

  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. (2018). "Sciaenochromis fryeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60967A47225862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60967A47225862.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "fryeri Sciaenochromis" in FishBase. April 2013 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 15 January 2019.


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