Alcolapia ndalalani

Alcolapia ndalalani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Alcolapia
Species:
A. ndalalani
Binomial name
Alcolapia ndalalani
(Seegers & Tichy, 1999)
Synonyms

Oreochromis ndalalani Seegers and Tichy, 1999

Alcolapia ndalalani, the narrow-mouthed Natron tilapia, is a species of small fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the hypersaline, warm Lake Natron in Tanzania. Here it lives in creeks and springs at the southern shores of the lake.[1][2] It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in standard length.[1] It has a relatively narrow, downturned mouth, which separates it from the two other fish in Lake Natron, A. alcalica and A. latilabris.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alcolapia ndalalani". FishBase. November 2019 version.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ 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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