Male in the aquarium
A male of Chalinochromis popelini in the aquarium. at this age, Chalinochromis popelini is very similar to beige-colored Julidochromis ornatus except for its emarginate caudal fin. With age the body becomes proportionately longer compared to that of J. ornatus. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

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17-Jan-2011

Chalinochromis popelini Brichard, 1989


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Original description as Chalinochromis popelini:

ZooBank:FC3A756B-39F9-4116-8BA7-C5C33B9B2089.

  • Brichard, Pierre. 1989. "Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika". TFH Publications. 1-544 (crc00025)

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