| Docimodus evelynae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Docimodus |
| Species: | D. evelynae |
| Binomial name | |
| Docimodus evelynae Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1976 | |
Docimodus evelynae is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to Lake Malawi; it is widespread in the lake and found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[2] This species has unusual feeding habits: it feeds upon the flank scales of cichlids or cyprinids and the skin of catfishes.[2][3] The specific name honours Evelyn Axelrod, the wife of the publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017).[4]
References
- ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Docimodus evelynae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60915A47222441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60915A47222441.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Docimodus evelynae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Eccles, D. H.; Lewis, D. S. C. (1976). "A revision of the genus Docimodus Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae), a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 58 (2): 165–172. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb00826.x.
- ^ 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 5 December 2018.