Grammatotria lemairii is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa where it prefers areas with sandy substrates. This species can reach a length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] The species is occasionally kept as an aquarium fish.[3] The specific name honours Lieutenant Charles Lemaire (1863-1925) who was the leader of the Congo Free State Expedition, which collected specimens of fishes at Lake Tanganyika, including the type of G. lemairii.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Ectodini |
| Genus: | Grammatotria Boulenger, 1899 |
| Species: | G. lemairii
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| Grammatotria lemairii Boulenger, 1899
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References
edit- ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Grammatotria lemairii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60494A12364751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60494A12364751.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Grammatotria lemairii". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Andersen, T. (2006) Grammatotria lemairii The Cichlid Room Companion Ed. Azas JMA.
- ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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