Ectodus descampsii

Taxobox
name = "Ectodus descampsii"


image_caption = "Ectodus descampsii", Ndole Bay
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Ectodus"
genus_authority = Boulenger, 1898
species = "E. descampsii"
binomial = "Ectodus descampsii"
binomial_authority = (Castelnau, 1861)

"Ectodus descampsii" is a cichlid fish, the only member of its genus Ectodus. It is a small ("ca." 10 cm | 4 in.) sand-sifting species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.

References

FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.fishbase.org fishbase.org] version (07/2006).