Copadichromis mbenjii

Copadichromis mbenjii is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is only found around Mbenje Island[2] from where it takes its specific name.[3]

Copadichromis mbenjii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Copadichromis
Species:
C. mbenjii
Binomial name
Copadichromis mbenjii
Konings, 1990

References

  1. Konings, A. (2018). "Copadichromis mbenjii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60869A47219506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60869A47219506.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Copadichromis mbenjii" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 December 2018.


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