Docimodus
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.
| Docimodus | |
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| Docimodus johnstoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Docimodus Boulenger, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Docimodus johnstoni Boulenger, 1897 | |
The species of this genus have unusual feeding habits: they feed on scales, fins, or skin of other fishes.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Docimodus evelynae Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1976
- Docimodus johnstoni Boulenger, 1897
References
- Eccles, D. H.; Lewis, D. S. C. (1976). "A revision of the genus Docimodus Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae), a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 58 (2): 165–172. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb00826.x.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Docimodus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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