Trematocara kufferathi
Trematocara kufferathi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) TL.[2] This fish's specific name honours the Belgian chemist Jean Kufferath, who was a member of the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika in 1946 and 1947, during which type of this species was collected.[3]
| Trematocara kufferathi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Trematocara |
| Species: | T. kufferathi |
| Binomial name | |
| Trematocara kufferathi Poll, 1948 | |
References
- Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Trematocara kufferathi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60692A12388176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60692A12388176.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Trematocara kufferathi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 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 20 January 2019.
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