Alcolapia latilabris
Alcolapia latilabris, the wide-lipped Natron tilapia, is a species of small fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the hypersaline, warm Lake Natron in Tanzania. It lives near springs in the southern part of the lake.[1][2] It reaches up to 6.2 cm (2.4 in) in standard length.[1] It has a relatively broad, downturned mouth, which separates it from the two other fish in Lake Natron, A. alcalica and A. ndalalani.[2][3]
| Alcolapia latilabris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Alcolapia |
| Species: | A. latilabris |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcolapia latilabris (Seegers & Tichy, 1999) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oreochromis latilabris Seegers & Tichy, 1999 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Alcolapia laitilabris" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- Ford, A.G.P.; L. Ruber; J. Newton; K.K. Dasmahapatra; J.D. Balarin; K. Bruun; J.J. Day (2016). "Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation". Evolution. 70 (12): 2718–2735. doi:10.1111/evo.13072. PMC 5132037. PMID 27659769.
- Genner, M.J.; G.F. Turner; B.P. Ngatunga (2018). "A Guide to Tilapia Fishes of Tanzania" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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