Biology:Blue mbuna
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Short description: Species of fish
| Blue mbuna | |
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| males of typical blue morph (above) and blotched morph (below) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Labeotropheus |
| Species: | L. fuelleborni
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| Binomial name | |
| Labeotropheus fuelleborni Ahl, 1926
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- List of freshwater aquarium fish species
References
- ↑ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Labeotropheus fuelleborni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T60937A148664395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60937A148664395.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60937/148664395. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Labeotropheus fuelleborni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 4 December 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q1780752 entry
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