Lacustricola margaritatus
Lacustricola margaritatus is a species of fish in the family Procatopodidae. This species is endemic to freshwater habitats in the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa. It is currently known from streams and swamps in the Lake Victoria basin in north-western Tanzania, south-western Kenya and southern Uganda, and in the Lake Kyoga basin in central Uganda.[2]
| Lacustricola margaritatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Lacustricola |
| Species: | L. margaritatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacustricola margaritatus Nagy & Watters, 2022 | |
Sources
- Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2022). "Lacustricola margaritatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T219176408A219176412. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- Nagy, B. & Watters, B.R. (2022) Lacustricola margaritatus, a new species of lampeye from the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae). Zootaxa, 5128 (1): 44–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.2 ResearchGate:360033726
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