Trematocara kufferathi

Trematocara kufferathi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Trematocara
Species:	T. kufferathi
Binomial name
	Trematocara kufferathi; Poll, 1948

Trematocara kufferathi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) TL.[2] This fish's specific name honours the Belgian chemist Jean Kufferath, who was a member of the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika in 1946 and 1947, during which type of this species was collected.[3]

References

Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Trematocara kufferathi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60692A12388176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60692A12388176.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Trematocara kufferathi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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[iucn_status_15_November_2021-1] Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Trematocara kufferathi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60692A12388176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60692A12388176.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Trematocara kufferathi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 January 2019.