Genera list

Protomelas


Protomelas annectens
annectens

Protomelas dejunctus
dejunctus

Protomelas fenestratus
fenestratus

Protomelas insignis
insignis

Protomelas kirkii
kirkii

Protomelas labridens
labridens

Protomelas macrodon
macrodon

Protomelas marginatus
marginatus

Protomelas ornatus
ornatus

Protomelas pleurotaenia
pleurotaenia

Protomelas similis
similis

Protomelas sp. 'hertae'
sp. 'hertae'

Protomelas sp. 'johnstoni solo'
sp. 'johnstoni solo'

Protomelas sp. 'mbenji thick-lip'
sp. 'mbenji thick-lip'

Protomelas sp. 'oxyrhynchus mix'
sp. 'oxyrhynchus mix'

Protomelas sp. 'spilonotus likoma'
sp. 'spilonotus likoma'

Protomelas sp. 'spilonotus mozambique'
sp. 'spilonotus mozambique'

Protomelas sp. 'spilonotus tanzania'
sp. 'spilonotus tanzania'

Protomelas sp. 'steveni black belly'
sp. 'steveni black belly'

Protomelas sp. 'steveni imperial'
sp. 'steveni imperial'

Protomelas sp. 'steveni taiwan'
sp. 'steveni taiwan'

Protomelas sp. 'virgatus luwala'
sp. 'virgatus luwala'

Protomelas sp. 'virgatus mumbo'
sp. 'virgatus mumbo'

Protomelas spilonotus
spilonotus

Protomelas taeniolatus
taeniolatus

Protomelas triaenodon
triaenodon

Protomelas virgatus
virgatus

   not yet illustrated

vuae

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Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Pseudocrenilabrini

Genus
Protomelas

Status
valid


Curator
Ad Konings

Published
05-Mar-2009

Last updated on :
05-Mar-2009

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Protomelas labridens (Trewavas, 1935)


Original description as Haplochromis labridens:

Conservation: Protomelas labridens is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006). Protomelas labridens is still very common in the vegetated areas of the lake.