Copadichromis jacksoni

Copadichromis jacksoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Copadichromis
Species:
C. jacksoni
Binomial name
Copadichromis jacksoni
(Iles, 1960)
Synonyms[2]
  • Haplochromis jacksoni Iles, 1960
  • Cyrtocara jacksoni (Iles, 1960)

Copadichromis jacksoni is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. This species normally occurs in sheltered bays where it lives in schools in the open water and feeds on plankton.[2] It breeds in clear water where there are steep, rocky shores and breeding seems to occur all year. The males defend territories over large boulders which project from the rocky substrate.[1] The identity of the person honoured in the specific name was not specified by the author but is most likely to be the ichthyologist Peter B. N. Jackson (1924–2007) of the Joint Fisheries Research Organisation of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P.; Mailosi, A. (2018). "Copadichromis jacksoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60868A47219433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60868A47219433.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Copadichromis jacksoni". FishBase. June 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 3 December 2018.


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