Ectodus
| Ectodus | |
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| Specimen from Ndole Bay, Zambia | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Ectodini |
| Genus: | Ectodus Boulenger, 1898 |
| Species: | E. descampsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectodus descampsii Boulenger,1898
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Ectodus descampsiiis aspeciesofcichlidfishendemictoLake TanganyikainEast Africawhere it prefers areas with substrates of coarse sand. It feeds on micro-organisms,algaeanddiatoms.This species reaches a length of 10.4 centimetres (4.1 in)TL.It is also found in theaquariumtrade. It is currently the only known member of itsgenus.[2]Thespecific namehonoursCapitaineGeorges Descamps (1855-1938), aBelgianofficer in the anti-slavery movement at Lake Tanganyika.[3]
References
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Wikispecieshas information related toEctodus descampsii.
- ^Bigirimana, C. (2006)."Ectodus descampsi".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2006:e.T60489A12363607.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60489A12363607.en.
- ^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018)."Ectodus descampsii"inFishBase.June 2018 version.
- ^Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 July 2018)."Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)".The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database.Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.Retrieved25 November2018.
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