Otopharynx brooksi

Species of fish

Otopharynx brooksi

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cichliformes
Family:  | Cichlidae
Genus:  | Otopharynx
Species:  |

O. brooksi

Binomial name
Otopharynx brooksi

M. K. Oliver, 1989

Synonyms

* Cyrtocara brooksi M. K. Oliver, 1984 (ambiguous)

Otopharynx brooksi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name of this fish honours John Langdon Brooks (1920-2000), an evolutionary biologist at Yale University.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Otopharynx brooksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60997A148667878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60997A148667878.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Otopharynx brooksi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5260467
* Wikispecies: Otopharynx brooksi
* ADW: Otopharynx_brooksi
* CoL: 4B7N9
* EoL: 994555
* FishBase: 2201
* GBIF: 2372535
* iNaturalist: 108044
* IRMNG: 10570196
* ITIS: 649190
* IUCN: 60997
* NCBI: 137558
* WoRMS: 1008018

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