Greenwoodochromis christyi

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bigirimana, C. |date=2006 |title=Greenwoodochromis christyi |volume=2006 |page=e.T60495A12364915 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60495A12364915.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Greenwoodochromis christyi

| authority = (Trewavas, 1953)

| synonyms =

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Greenwoodochromis christyi is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the deeper water of southern Lake Tanganyika.{{FishBase|Greenwoodochromis|christyi|month=October|year=2018}}

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours the explorer and naturalist Cuthbert Christy (1863-1932).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) | access-date= 24 January 2019 | first1 = Christopher|last1= Scharpf | first2 = Kenneth J. |last2=Lazara |name-list-style=amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 July 2018}}

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