| Blue mbuna | |
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| males of typical blue morph (above) and blotched morph (below) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Labeotropheus |
| Species: | L. fuelleborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Labeotropheus fuelleborni Ahl, 1926 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Labeotropheus curvirostris Ahl, 1926 | |
The blue mbuna (Labeotropheus fuelleborni) is a species of cichlid found in Lake Malawi where it inhabits areas with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. This species is important to local commercial fisheries as well as being found in the aquarium trade.[2] Some of its mottled forms are sometimes known as marmalade cat.
The specific name honours the German parasitologist and military physician Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933).[3]
See also
References
- ^ Konings, A. & Kasembe, J (2018). "Labeotropheus fuelleborni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60937A47223948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60937A47223948.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Labeotropheus fuelleborni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 December 2018.