Stigmatochromis woodi

Stigmatochromis woodi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it can be found hunting for prey over sandy areas. It can reach a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours Rodney C. Wood, whose collection of cichlids from Lake Malawi, which included the type of this species, was presented to the British Museum (Natural History).[3] It is the type species of the genus Stigmatochromis.[4]

Stigmatochromis woodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Stigmatochromis
Species:
S. woodi
Binomial name
Stigmatochromis woodi
(Regan, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Haplochromis woodi Regan, 1922
  • Cyrtocara woodi (Regan, 1922)

References
  1. Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Stigmatochromis woodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60951A47224885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60951A47224885.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stigmatochromis woodi" 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 16 January 2019.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Stigmatochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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