Male from trawler in SE Arm
A male of Placidochromis elongatus collected with a trawler in the South-East arm of Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by George Turner. determiner Ad Konings

Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Placidochromis elongatus Hanssens, 2004


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Original description as Placidochromis elongatus:

ZooBank:DAB9172C-499C-4B80-A291-250359F1C7A6.

  • Hanssens, Mark. 2004. "The deep-water Placidochromis species". In: J. Snoeks (ed.), The Cichlid Diversity of Lake Malawi, Identification, Distribution and Taxonomy. 104-196 (crc01165)

Conservation: Placidochromis elongatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).