Male in the aquarium
A male of Parananochromis ornatus in the aquarium of Anton Lamboj. Photo by Anton Lamboj. determiner Anton Lamboj

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22-Nov-2008

Parananochromis ornatus Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003


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Original description as Parananochromis ornatus:

ZooBank:8B5F6F14-0F12-48F5-A8AF-48E29B8ECF8E.

  • Lamboj, Anton & Melanie L.J. Stiassny. 2003. "Three new Parananochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Gabon and Cameroon, Central Africa". Zootaxa. 209:1-19 (crc00337)

Conservation: Parananochromis ornatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2010).