Male at Tsano Rock
A male of Buccochromis heterotaenia at Tsano Rock, Lake Malawi [Malawi].Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Buccochromis

Status
valid


Last updated on:
19-Jun-2014

Buccochromis heterotaenia (Trewavas, 1935)

Original description as Haplochromis heterotaenia:

ZooBank:714EACDB-BC93-4389-98E4-27A4CD8EEB8A.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10; pp. 65-118 (crc00118)

Conservation: Buccochromis heterotaenia is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).

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