Lethrinops stridei

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Darwall, W.R.T. |year=2019 |title=Lethrinops stridei |amends=2018 |page=e.T61038A155049578 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61038A155049578.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lethrinops stridei

| authority = Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977

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Lethrinops stridei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, where it occurs at depths from {{convert|15|to|55|m|ft}} in areas with sandy substrates. This species grows to {{convert|13|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase |id=2309 |genus= Lethrinops|species= stridei| month = February | year = 2013}} The specific name honours Kenneth E. Stride, who introduced successful commercial trawling to Lake Malawi.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o) | access-date = 20 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}} This species is now very rare in Lake Malawi and is threatened by overfishing by commercial trawlers.