Illustration of holotype
Illustration of holotype of Astatotilapia pallida as it appears on Fig. 9 page 32 of Greenwood, P.H. 1974 The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria: The biology and evolution of a species flock. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Supplement. Photo by Pekka Vasankari. Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Astatotilapia


Astatotilapia pallida (Boulenger, 1911)

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Original description as Tilapia pallida:

ZooBank:D27A23E7-C673-4C3F-AA12-4E2238AB3EB6.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1911. "On a third collection of fishes made by Dr. E. Bayon in Uganda, 1909-1910. (Collezioni zoologiche fatte nell'Uganda dal Dott. E. Bayon. XII.)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. 45 Ser3 5:64-78 (crc00317)

Conservation: Astatotilapia pallida is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).