Lake Rudolf lampeye

Lake Rudolf lampeye
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Genus:	Micropanchax
Species:	M. rudolfianus
Binomial name
	Micropanchax rudolfianus; (Worthington, 1932)
Synonyms
	Haplochilichthys rudolfianus Worthington, 1932; Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932);

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]

References

1 2 Odhiambo, E.A. (2006). "Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60425A12364531. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Micropanchax rudolfianus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Odhiambo, E.A. (2006). "Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60425A12364531. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[Fishbase-2] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Micropanchax rudolfianus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

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