Common name | Labidochromis white |
Language | English |
Type | Aquarium |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Malawi |
Locality | |
Ref. | Konings, A., 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Labidochromis', from Latin 'labidus', i.e., slippery and 'chromis', i.e., dye (p. 71, Ref. 26921); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979). Aquarium trade name. |