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Docimodus
Sign in to saveDocimodus is a small genus of cichlids native to east Africa where they are found in Lake Malawi and one species (D. johnstoni) also occurs in Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Docimodus, and connects out to Haplochromini, Animalia and Chordata.
It is catalogued under topics including Cichlid genera, Docimodus and Fish of Lake Malawi.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
Docimodus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de cichliden (Cichlidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Malawi
Wikidata facts
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- Category:Docimodus
- taxon name
- Docimodus
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- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Docimodus is a small genus of cichlids native to east Africa where they are found in Lake Malawi and one species (D. johnstoni) also occurs in Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River.
The species of this genus have unusual feeding habits: they feed on scales, fins, or skin of other fishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Docimodus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.