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Alcolapia alcalica

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Species of fish

Alcolapia alcalica
Territorial male
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Alcolapia
Species: A. alcalica
Binomial name
Alcolapia alcalica
(Hilgendorf, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia alcalica Hilgendorf, 1905
  • Oreochromis alcalicus (Hilgendorf, 1905)

Alcolapia alcalica, the common natron tilapia or soda cichlid, is an endangered species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to the hypersaline, warm Lake Natron in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region, its drainage and the Shombole Swamps in Kenya and Tanzania. This species typically has an essentially terminal (straight) mouth, but a morph with an upturned mouth is found locally in eastern Lake Natron, where it co-occurs with the normal morph. A. latilabris and A. ndalalani, the two other species in Lake Natron, both have a clearly downturned mouth. Territorial males of A. alcalica have extensive blue-white spotting, and their underparts and throat can be yellow or white. Females and non-territorial males are overall sandy in colour. A. alcalica reaches up to 11.6 cm (4.6 in) in total length.

References

  1. ^ Bayona, J.D.R. (2006). "Alcolapia alcalicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60452A12368336. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60452A12368336.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alcolapia alcalica". FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. "Alcolapia alcalica (HILGENDORF, 1905) Soda Cichlid". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. Ford, A.G.P.; L. Ruber; J. Newton; K.K. Dasmahapatra; J.D. Balarin; K. Bruun; J.J. Day (2016). "Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation". Evolution. 70 (12): 2718–2735. doi:10.1111/evo.13072. PMC 5132037.
  5. Genner, M.J.; G.F. Turner; B.P. Ngatunga (2018). "A Guide to Tilapia Fishes of Tanzania" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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Taxon identifiers
Alcolapia alcalica
Oreochromis alcalicus
Tilapia alcalica


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