Male from Makobe Island
A male of Mbipia lutea from Makobe Island, Lave Victoria [Tanzania], in the aquarium of the association aquariophile Rouen [France].Photo by Philippe Burnel.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Mbipia

Status
valid


Curator

Published:

Last updated on:
11-Nov-2004

Mbipia lutea Seehausen & Bouton, 1998

Original description as Mbipia lutea:

ZooBank:04D4AFCB-BFE1-462C-AAC8-56688E949FD7.

  • Seehausen, Ole & E. Lippitsch, N. Bouton and H. Zwennes. 1998. "Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 9 (n. 2), pp. 129-228 (crc00316) (abstract)
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Conservation: Mbipia lutea 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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