Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe
Pseudocrenilabrini
Genus
Rhamphochromis
Status
valid
Last updated on :
28-Sep-2010
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Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger, 1908)
Original description as Paratilapia esox:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1908. "Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8) pp. 238-243 (crc00068).
Synonyms:
- Rhamphochromis leptosoma Regan, 1922, With type locality at Lake Malawi. Determiner: Turner, 2004.
- Rhamphochromis lucius Ahl, 1927, With type locality at Langenburg (Lumbila), Lake Nyassa (Lake Malawi). Determiner: Konings, 2007.
- Rhamphochromis melanotus Ahl, 1927, With type locality at Langenburg (Lumbila), Lake Nyassa (Lake Malawi). Determiner: Trewavas, 1935.
Conservation: Rhamphochromis esox is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).
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