Male at Tsano Rock
A male of Taeniolethrinops laticeps at Tsano Rock, Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

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10-Jan-2010

Taeniolethrinops laticeps (Trewavas, 1931)


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Original description as Lethrinops laticeps:

ZooBank:7CA4B9C7-6D73-4A97-9BEB-4AD0DC5478BB.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1931. "A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Lethrinops Regan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:7:133-152 (crc00999)

Conservation: Taeniolethrinops laticeps is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Turner (1996) reported that Taeniolethrinops laticeps was sometimes rather common in trawl catches at depths between 18 and 35 meters in the southeastern arm of the lake. SCUBA divers usually only encounter mouthbrooding females in rocky and intermediate areas and also there it is still common, so there is currently no threat to its well-being.