Diplotaxodon macrops
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| Diplotaxodon macrops | |
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| Diplotaxodon macrops (at bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxodon |
| Species: | D. macrops |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplotaxodon macrops G. F. Turner & Stauffer, 1998 | |
Diplotaxodon macrops is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is found throughout the lake in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[1] Within Lake Malawi it is abundant near the lake bed over rock shelves. It appears to be a plankton-eating species that feeds on insect larvae, crustaceans, and diatoms.[2]
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