Cardiopharynx schoutedeni

Cardiopharynx schoutedeni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. This semi-pelagic fish prefers habitats over sandy bottoms where it feeds on aquatic microorganisms. It can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It is also found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours the Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden (1881-1972) who was director of Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale in Tervuren and who was one of the first zoologists to collect this species.[3]

Cardiopharynx schoutedeni

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Ectodini
Genus: Cardiopharynx
Species:
C. schoutedeni
Binomial name
Cardiopharynx schoutedeni
Poll, 1942
Synonyms

Cyathopharynx schoutedeni (Poll, 1942)

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Cardiopharynx schoutedeni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60480A12360939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60480A12360939.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cardiopharynx schoutedeni" in FishBase. February 2013 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 25 November 2018.


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