Docimodus johnstoni

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Docimodus johnstoni.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |author2=Kazembe, J. |author3=Makocho, P. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title=Docimodus johnstoni |amends=2018 |page=e.T60909A155044971 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60909A155044971.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Docimodus johnstoni

| authority = Boulenger, 1897

| synonyms = Docimodus johnstonii (misspelling)

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Docimodus johnstoni is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is known from Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe, and the upper Shire River in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.{{FishBase |id=60909 |genus=Docimodus |species=johnstoni |month=April |year=2013}} This species has unusual feeding habits: it is reported to feed on fins of clariid catfishes.{{Cite journal | last1 = Eccles | first1 = D. H. | last2 = Lewis | first2 = D. S. C. | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb00826.x | title = A revision of the genus Docimodus Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae), a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 165–172 | year = 1976 }} The specific name honours the British explorer, botanist, linguist and Colonial administrator, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG|KCB}} (also known as Sir Harry Johnston) (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927), who presented the type to the British Museum (Natural History).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) | access-date= 5 December 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}}