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A male of Callochromis macrops in Ndole Bay, Lake Tanganyika [Zambia]. Photo by Ad Konings. (16-Oct-2018). determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Ectodini

Genus
Callochromis

Curator
Thomas Andersen

Published:
26-Jan-2006

Last updated on:
26-Jan-2006

Callochromis macrops (Boulenger, 1898)

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Original description as Paratilapia macrops:

ZooBank:347D2516-3A02-453E-9FC2-AD64A2649BB1.

Boulenger, George Albert. 1898. "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3:494-497 (crc00006)

Synonyms (2):

Pelmatochromis xenotilapiaformis Borodin, 1931, with type locality at Lake Tanganyika. Determiner: Trewavas, 1946
Tylochromis macrophthalmus David, 1936, with type locality at Albertville [Kalemie], Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo], Lake Tanganyika. Determiner: Poll, 1946

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