Interochromis loocki

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Interochromis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Interochromis
(Yamaoka, Hori & Kuwamura, 1988[1])
Species: I. loocki
Binomial name
Interochromis loocki
(Poll, 1949[2])

Interochromis loocki is a species of fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.[3] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus Interochromis, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Takahashi T (2003) Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). 367-382
  2. ^ Poll M (1949) Deuxième série de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par la mission hydrobiologique belge en Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. 1-55
  3. ^ a b Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. Interochromis loocki. FishBase. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
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