Male in the aquarium
A male of Pelvicachromis subocellatus in the aquarium of Anton Lamboj [Austria]. Photo by Anton Lamboj. (13-Feb-2006). determiner Anton Lamboj

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Pelvicachromis


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28-Dec-2008

Pelvicachromis subocellatus (Günther, 1871)

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Original description as Hemichromis subocellatus:

ZooBank:4F386782-B240-4449-82E4-D7142BDFD9F6.

  • Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1872. "Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871:652-675 (crc00040)

Conservation: Pelvicachromis subocellatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2019).