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| Limbochromis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Chromidotilapiini |
| Genus: | Limbochromis Greenwood, 1987 |
| Species: | L. robertsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Limbochromis robertsi (Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971) | |
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Limbochromis robertsi is a species of cichlid endemic to Ghana where it is found in the upper reaches of the Pra River Basin. This species has been recorded reaching a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Tyson R. Roberts who collected the type.[3] Deforestation driven by increased agriculture and small-scale mining operations has reduced the total population of this species by approximately 90% from the early 1990s to 2018.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Entsua-Mensah, M. & Lalèyè, P. (2010). "Limbochromis robertsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182617A7927544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182617A7927544.en.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Limbochromis robertsi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (23 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ↑ Anton Lamboj; Oliver Lucanus; Patrick Osei Darko; J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora & Margaret Kalacska (2020). "Habitat loss in the restricted range of the endemic Ghanaian cichlid Limbochromis robertsi". Biotropica. 2020: 789–1006. doi:10.1111/btp.12806.