Male at Isanga
A breeding male of Shuja horei at Kalambo Lodge in Isanga in Isanga Bay, Lake Tanganyika [Zambia]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Tropheini

Genus
Shuja


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10-Aug-2022

Shuja horei (Günther, 1893)


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Original description as Chromis horei:

ZooBank:B32E692C-3AE2-4ED8-B827-00BB8C0AC76E.

  • Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1894. "Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1893(4):628-632 (crc00212)

Synonyms (2):

Conservation: Shuja horei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006). The main threats for Shuja horei are water turbidity and siltation in shallows, and over-fishing by beach seines (Ntakimazi, 2006).