Illustration of type
Illustration of type of Oreochromis spilurus niger as it appears in figure 99 on page 153 of Boulenger, George Albert. 1915. Catalogue of the fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume III. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. i-xii + pp. 1-526. Photo by Pekka Vasankari. Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Oreochromis


Last updated on:
16-Feb-2013

Oreochromis spilurus niger (Günther, 1894)

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Nominal species Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894)

Original description as Oreochromis niger:

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  • Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1894. "Report on the collection of reptiles and fishes made by Dr. J. W. Gregory, during his expedition to Mount Kenia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1894(1):84-91 (crc00708)

Synonyms (1):

Conservation: Oreochromis spilurus niger is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.