Male in the aquarium
Male of Coptodon ejagham from Lake Ejagham [Cameroon] in the aquarium of Oliver Lucanus [Canada]. Photo by Oliver Lucanus. (22-Jun-2017).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Coptodonini

Genus
Coptodon

Status
valid


Last updated on:
28-Jul-2012

Coptodon ejagham (Dunz & Schliewen, 2010)

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Original description as Tilapia ejagham:

ZooBank:EACEB4C0-C437-4D1B-8F59-0876495B114E.

  • Dunz, Andreas R. & U.K. Schliewen. 2010. "Description of a Tilapia (Coptodon) species flock of Lake Ejagham (Cameroon), including a redescription of Tilapia deckerti Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967 (Perciformes, Cichlidae)". Spixiana (crc02795) (abstract)

Conservation: Coptodon ejagham is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.