Julidochromis_dickfeldi

<i>Julidochromis dickfeldi</i>

Julidochromis dickfeldi

Species of fish

Julidochromis dickfeldi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa where it is only known from the southwestern portion. This species inhabits areas with rock/rubble substrates, each fish maintaining a territory around a crevice or crack. This species reaches a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL.[2]

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Etymology

The specific name honours the German fishkeeper Alf Dickfeld who proposed the expedition on which the type was collected.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Julidochromis dickfeldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60543A12378089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60543A12378089.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Julidochromis dickfeldi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. [3]
    Scharpf, Christopher & Lazara, Kenneth J. (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 January 2019.


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