Sarotherodon

Sarotherodon Rüppell, 1852

Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini


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Original description:

  • Rüppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon. 1852. "Vierte Abtheilung, Fische und deren Skelette". Verzeichniss der in dem Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgestellten Sammlungen, Frankfurt am Main. 1-40 (crc00688)

Type species: Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 (monotypy).

Synonyms:

  • Melanogenes Bleeker, 1863. Determiner: Trewavas, Ethelwynn, 1983

Described species included (35):

valid: 13 sub-species: 8 synonym: 14