Illustration of type
Illustration of a type of Sarotherodon caudomarginatus as it appears in the fourth volume of the "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)" by George Albert Boulenger (1916), page 362. Photo by J Green. Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Sarotherodon


Last updated on:
03-Mar-2014

Sarotherodon caudomarginatus (Boulenger, 1916)

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Original description as Tilapia caudomarginata:

ZooBank:EE317DAC-B44C-44E8-8E5E-E116D98D431E.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1916. "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History).". Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. I:i-xxvii:1-392 (crc03476) (abstract)

Conservation: Sarotherodon caudomarginatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).