Docimodus evelynae explained

Docimodus evelynae is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to Lake Malawi; it is widespread in the lake and found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. This species has unusual feeding habits: it feeds upon the flank scales of cichlids or cyprinids and the skin of catfishes.^[1] The specific name honours Evelyn Axelrod, the wife of the publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Eccles . D. H. . Lewis . D. S. C. . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1976.tb00826.x . A revision of the genus Docimodus Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae), a group of fishes with unusual feeding habits from Lake Malawi . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 58 . 2 . 165–172 . 1976 .
2. Web site: Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) . 5 December 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 July 2018.