Diplotaxodon
Diplotaxodon is a small genus of seven formally described, as well as a number of undescribed, deep-water species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. These fishes represent a remarkable adaptive radiation of offshore and deep-water adapted fish descended from ancestral shallow water forms. They include the dominant zooplankton-feeding fish of the offshore and deep-water regions of the lake, as well as a number of larger species that appear to feed on small pelagic fishes. Adult sizes range from 10 to 30 cm in total length, depending on species.
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Diplotaxodon
Diplotaxodon is a small genus of seven formally described, as well as a number of undescribed, deep-water species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. These fishes represent a remarkable adaptive radiation of offshore and deep-water adapted fish descended from ancestral shallow water forms. They include the dominant zooplankton-feeding fish of the offshore and deep-water regions of the lake, as well as a number of larger species that appear to feed on small pelagic fishes. Adult sizes range from 10 to 30 cm in total length, depending on species.
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Diplotaxodon (Gr.: „diplo“ = z ...... ee und im Malombesee vorkommt.
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Diplotaxodon is a small genus ...... length, depending on species.
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Diplotaxodon is een geslacht v ...... van de cichliden (Cichlidae).
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Diplotaxodon – rodzaj słodkowo ...... pielęgnicowatych (Cichlidae).
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DiplotaxodonFichier:3diplos.jp ...... s du sous-ordre des Labroidei.
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Le femmine e gli esemplari imm ...... i nelle acque aperte del lago.
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Trewavas, 1935
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From top, mature males of D. limnothrissa, D. apogon and D. macrops
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Diplotaxodon argenteus
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Trewavas, 1935
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Diplotaxodon (Gr.: „diplo“ = z ...... ee und im Malombesee vorkommt.
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Diplotaxodon is a small genus ...... length, depending on species.
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Diplotaxodon is een geslacht v ...... van de cichliden (Cichlidae).
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Diplotaxodon – rodzaj słodkowo ...... pielęgnicowatych (Cichlidae).
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DiplotaxodonFichier:3diplos.jp ...... s du sous-ordre des Labroidei.
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Le femmine e gli esemplari imm ...... ssime uova, in media da 16 a 4
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