| Bathybates graueri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Bathybates |
| Species: | B. graueri |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathybates graueri Steindachner, 1911 | |
Bathybates graueri is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Austrian explorer and zoologist Rudolf Grauer (1870-1927), who was the collector of the type.[3]
References
- ↑ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Bathybates graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60468A12369274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60468A12369274.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Bathybates graueri" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ↑ 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 20 January 2019.
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