Adult north of Chiloelo
Abactochromis labrosus north of Chiloelo River, Lake Malawi [Mozambique]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Abactochromis


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25-Oct-2010

Abactochromis labrosus (Trewavas, 1935)


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Original description as Melanochromis labrosus:

ZooBank:C9ED93BD-1323-4C7A-B746-011072839C21.

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

Conservation: Abactochromis labrosus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Although it is a very rare species it is not threatened in its existence. Collection for the aquarium trade is a threat to this species ([ref=12001]).