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Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Astatotilapia

Status
valid


Astatotilapia melanopus (Regan, 1922)

Original description as Haplochromis melanopus:

ZooBank:4420E9DD-2FBE-472E-98D1-278F77F3B57C.

  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 1: pp. 157-191 (crc00355)

Conservation: Astatotilapia melanopus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2010).

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