Alticorpus peterdaviesi
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Alticorpus peterdaviesi
| authority = (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
| synonyms = *Trematocranus peterdaviesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973
- Lethrinops peterdaviesi (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)
- Alticorpus pectinatum Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
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Alticorpus peterdaviesi is a species of fish in the family of Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is found in the southern part of the lake, in areas where the substrate consists of "diatom ooze" and diatoms probably form the major part of its diet.{{FishBase|Alticorpus|peterdaviesi|month=June|year=2018}}
Etymology
The specific name honours Peter Davies, an exporter of live fish from Lake Malawi who provided great assistance to the authors.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) | access-date= 26 November 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 July 2018}}
References
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- Kazembe, J., Makocho, P. & Mailosi, A. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60881/all Alticorpus peterdaviesi]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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Category:Taxa named by Warren E. Burgess
Category:Taxa named by Herbert R. Axelrod
Category:Fish described in 1973
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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