Preserved adult from Chuanga
Preserved adult of Placidochromis pallidus from Chuanga, Lake Malawi [Mozambique]. Photo by Mark Hanssens.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Placidochromis


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Placidochromis pallidus Hanssens, 2004

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Original description as Placidochromis pallidus:

ZooBank:E3969A02-3C62-4B8C-95D5-E340E49970E4.

  • 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 pallidus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).