Male in the aquarium
A male of Pelvicachromis pulcher in the aquarium. Photo by Roger Häggström. determiner Anton Lamboj

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Pelvicachromis

Status
valid


Curator

Published:

Last updated on:
11-Dec-2004

Pelvicachromis pulcher (Boulenger, 1901)

Goldkopf-Pelmatochromis; Krib; Pelmatochromis camerunensis.

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Original description as Pelmatochromis pulcher:

ZooBank:38DFDE0F-FF4F-4050-B59D-B616EBF7BBA3.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1901. "On the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. vol. 1: pp 4-10 (crc00039)

Conservation: Pelvicachromis pulcher is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2019). P. pulcher is not threatened nor endangered.