Adult at Kalugunga
An adult of Telmatochromis brachygnathus at Kalugunga, Lake Tanganyika [Tanzania]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (15-Sep-2010). determiner Patrick Tawil

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09-Nov-2009

Telmatochromis brachygnathus Hanssens & Snoeks, 2003


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Original description as Telmatochromis brachygnathus:

ZooBank:A13593B7-22C5-46B0-BD4A-EB254B2A0A78.

  • Hanssens, Mark & Snoeks. 2003. "A new species and geographical variation in the Telmatochromis temporalis complex (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Journal of Fish Biology. 63:593-616 (crc00233)

Conservation: Telmatochromis brachygnathus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).