# Diplotaxodon ecclesi

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***Diplotaxodon ecclesi*** is a species of [haplochromine](/source/Haplochromine) [cichlid](/source/Cichlid). It is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Lake Malawi](/source/Lake_Malawi), in East Africa, where it is found in open water at mainly at the deeper levels, although it is rarely caught by trawling. Its main prey is the [Lake Malawi sardine](/source/Lake_Malawi_sardine) (*Engraulicypris sardella*).[1]

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) honours the Senior Fisheries Research Officer of Malawi, [David H. Eccles](/source/David_H._Eccles) (b. 1932).[2]

## References

1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). ["Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)"](http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/). *The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database*. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

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