Male at Monkey Bay
A male of Placidochromis polli caught with a trawler near Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi [Malawi].Photo by Martin Genner. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Placidochromis

Status
valid


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Placidochromis polli (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)

Original description as Lethrinops polli:

ZooBank:3C3000E6-268E-4E69-BCF7-96179D08C6C7.

  • Burgess, Warren & H. R. Axelrod. 1973. "New Cichlids from Lake Malawi". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. 22 (2); pp. 14, 87-98 (crc00162)

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

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