Lethrinops gossei
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Lethrinops gossei
| authority = W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
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Lethrinops gossei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is usually found in deep waters ({{convert|90|to|130|m|ft}}) with muddy substrates in the southern portion of the lake. This species grows to a length of {{convert|14.4|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase |genus= Lethrinops|species= gossei| month = February | year = 2013}}
Etymology
The specific name honours the Belgian zoologist Jean-Pierre Gosse (1924–2001), who was the curator of vertebrates at the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o) | access-date = 17 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 = 4 December 2018}}
References
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Category:Fish described in 1973
Category:Taxa named by Warren E. Burgess
Category:Taxa named by Herbert R. Axelrod
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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