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