Pair in the aquarium
A pair of Congolapia bilineata (female in front) in the aquarium of Anton Lamboj austria. The fish was imported and sold by Oliver Lucanus in Canada. Photo by Anton Lamboj. (03-Jan-2008). determiner Anton Lamboj

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Tilapiini

Genus
Congolapia


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15-Jun-2011

Congolapia bilineata (Pellegrin, 1900)


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Original description as Tilapia bilineata:

ZooBank:177CAA25-B13D-48F0-A909-C8BEE9B36DCD.

  • Pellegrin, Jacques. 1900. "Cichlidés nouveaux de l'Afrique équatoriale". Bulletin du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle. 6:275-278 (crc00980)

Conservation: Congolapia bilineata is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2009).