Baileychromis

Baileychromis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Limnochromini
Genus: Baileychromis
Poll, 1986
Species:
B. centropomoides
Binomial name
Baileychromis centropomoides
Synonyms
  • Leptochromis centropomoides Bailey & Stewart, 1977
  • Reganochromis centropomoides (Bailey & Stewart, 1977)

Baileychromis centropomoides is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa. This fish grows to a length of 16.8 centimetres (6.6 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The generic name is a compound noun, made up of the surname Bailey, in honour of the American ichthyologist Reeve Maclaren Bailey (1911-2011) of the University of Michigan, and the Greek word chromis which was used by Aristotle for a type of fish. This was probably the drum Sciaenidae and may be derived from the word chroemo which means "to neigh" in reference to the noise made by drums. This word was applied to a number of percomorph fishes, such as damselfish, cardinalfish, dottybacks, wrasses and cichilds, by ichthyologists as these were thought to be closely related.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Baileychromis centropomoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60465A12369032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60465A12369032.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Baileychromis centropomoides". FishBase. February 2013 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 2 February 2019.


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