Slender tail hap
Appearance
Slender tail hap | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Buccochromis |
Species: | B. lepturus
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Binomial name | |
Buccochromis lepturus (Regan, 1922)
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The slender tail hap (short for "haplochromine") (Buccochromis lepturus), is a species of fish in the, tribe Haplochromini part of the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae of the family Cichlidae.
It is endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
[edit]- ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2019). "Buccochromis lepturus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60923A155045531. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60923A155045531.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.