Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe
Tilapiini
Genus
Oreochromis
Status
sub-species
Curator
Rico Morgenstern
Last updated on :
16-Feb-2013
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Oreochromis placidus ruvumae (Trewavas, 1966)
Original description as Tilapia ruvumae:
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1966. "Fishes of the genus Tilapia with four anal spines in Malawi, Rhodesia, Mozambique and southern Tanzania". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. pp. 50-62 (crc01454).
Conservation: Oreochromis placidus ruvumae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2007).
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