Alcolapia grahami
| Alcolapia grahami | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcolapia grahami (Boulenger, 1912) | |
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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.