Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe
Pseudocrenilabrini
Genus
Platytaeniodus
Status
valid
Curator
Greg Steeves
Published
06-Aug-2008
Last updated on :
06-Aug-2008
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Platytaeniodus degeni Boulenger, 1906
Original description as Platytaeniodus degeni:
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1906. "Descriptions of new fishes discovered by Mr E. Degen in Lake Victoria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (ser. 7) 17; pp. 433-452 (crc00190).
Synonyms:
- Astatotilapia jeanneli Pellegrin , 1913, With type locality at Lake Victoria at Port Florence [Kisumu], Nyanza Province, Kenya. Determiner: van Oijen, 1991.
Conservation: Platytaeniodus degeni is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).
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