The Lake Rudolf lampeye (Micropanchax rudolfianus) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana (formerly known as Lake Rudolf) in Kenya and south western Ethiopia.[2] Within the lake it is found in shallow water among vegetation, spawning in the littoral zone and feeding on small insects and zooplankton.[1]
lake, rudolf, lampeye, micropanchax, rudolfianus, species, fish, family, poeciliidae, endemic, lake, turkana, formerly, known, lake, rudolf, kenya, south, western, ethiopia, within, lake, found, shallow, water, among, vegetation, spawning, littoral, zone, feed. The Lake Rudolf lampeye Micropanchax rudolfianus is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae It is endemic to Lake Turkana formerly known as Lake Rudolf in Kenya and south western Ethiopia 2 Within the lake it is found in shallow water among vegetation spawning in the littoral zone and feeding on small insects and zooplankton 1 Lake Rudolf lampeyeConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder CyprinodontiformesFamily PoeciliidaeGenus MicropanchaxSpecies M rudolfianusBinomial nameMicropanchax rudolfianus Worthington 1932 Synonyms 2 Haplochilichthys rudolfianus Worthington 1932 Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus Worthington 1932 References Edit a b Odhiambo E A 2006 Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006 e T60425A12364531 Retrieved 27 October 2019 a b Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2019 Micropanchax rudolfianus in FishBase August 2019 version This Cyprinodontiformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lake Rudolf lampeye amp oldid 1055308223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
