Holotype and one paratype
Teleogramma obamaorum general habitus, lateral view, in preservation. (A) holotype (AMNH 264012), a male; (B) paratype (AMNH 254857), a female. as they appear in the original description of the species. Photo by Melanie Stiassny.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Teleogramma


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29-Apr-2015

Teleogramma obamaorum Stiassny & Alter, 2015

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Original description as Teleogramma obamaorum:

ZooBank:0376FDE4-79C1-4467-87E1-5620A75EFF31.

  • Stiassny, Melanie & S.E. Alter. 2015. "Phylogenetics of Teleogramma, a riverine clade of African cichlid fishes, with a description of the deepwater molluskivore — Teleogramma obamaorum — from the lower reaches of the middle Congo River". American Museum Novitates. (3831):1-18 (crc06666) (abstract)

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