Bathybates graueri

Bathybates graueri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Bathybates
Species:	B. graueri
Binomial name
Bathybates graueri Steindachner, 1911

Bathybates graueri is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Austrian explorer and zoologist Rudolf Grauer (1870-1927), who was the collector of the type.[3]

References

1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Bathybates graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60468A12369274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60468A12369274.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathybates graueri". FishBase. October 2018 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 January 2019.