Diplotaxodon ecclesi is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to Lake Malawi, in East Africa, where it is found in open water at mainly at the deeper levels, although it is rarely caught by trawling. Its main prey is the Lake Malawi sardine (Engraulicypris sardella).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxodon |
| Species: | D. ecclesi
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| Diplotaxodon ecclesi W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
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Etymology
editThe specific name honours the Senior Fisheries Research Officer of Malawi, David H. Eccles (b. 1932).[3]
References
edit- ^ Konings, A. (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Diplotaxodon ecclesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T120692798A155053558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T120692798A155053558.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diplotaxodon ecclesi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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