Alcolapia grahami

Alcolapia grahami
Alcolapia grahami in lake Magadi hotsprings, Kenya, 1980s
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Alcolapia
Species:
A. grahami
Binomial name
Alcolapia grahami
(Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tilapia grahami Boulenger, 1912
  • Oreochromis grahami (Boulenger, 1912)
Alcolapia grahami

Alcolapia grahami, the Lake Magadi tilapia or Graham's cichlid, is a vulnerable species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is specialised to live in hot, alkaline waters in springs and lagoons around hypersaline lakes.

  1. ^ Bayona, J.; Akinyi, E. (2006). "Alcolapia grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60453A12368415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60453A12368415.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alcolapia grahami". FishBase. September 2019 version.