Freshly collected young adult
Tylochromis trewavasae freshly collected young adult at Meme River drainage [Cameroon]. Photo by Zuzana Musilová. (02-Jul-2013).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Tylochromini

Genus
Tylochromis


Last updated on:
28-Sep-2007

Tylochromis trewavasae Stiassny, 1989


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Original description as Tylochromis trewavasae:

ZooBank:103CFB05-B5DD-4406-BD52-A191A5247B6F.

  • Stiassny, Melanie. 1989. "A taxonomic revision of the African genus Tylochromis (Labroidei, Cichlidae); with notes on the anatomy and relationships of the group". Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium, Zoologische Wetenschappen. 258:1–161 (crc01017)

Conservation: Tylochromis trewavasae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2009).