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A male of Pelvicachromis taeniatus from Niger River system [Nigeria], from collection by Otto Gartner, in the aquarium of Anton Lamboj [Austria]. Photo by Anton Lamboj. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Pelvicachromis

Curator
Anton Lamboj

Published:
29-Dec-2008

Last updated on:
29-Dec-2008

Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Boulenger, 1901)

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Original description as Pelmatochromis taeniatus:

ZooBank:63283D39-654D-4005-ACD6-ED33D920F826.

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

Synonyms (2):

Pelmatochromis kribensis calliptera Pellegrin, 1929, with type locality at Ruisseau de Grand Batanga, Cameroon. Determiner: Daget et al., 1991
Pelmatochromis klugei Meinken, 1960, with type locality at Nigeria. Determiner: Daget , 1991

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