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Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Astatotilapia

Status
valid


Astatotilapia velifer (Trewavas, 1933)

Original description as Haplochromis velifer:

ZooBank:107A4A83-4FF2-427E-9DE9-D268B4C3FFFC.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1933. "Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes, 1930-1. --11. The cichlid fishes". Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology). v. 38; n. 259; pp. 309-341 (crc01010)
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Conservation: Astatotilapia velifer is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (1996).

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