Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe
Pseudocrenilabrini
Genus
Pseudotropheus
Status
valid
Curator
Patrick Tawil
Published
23-Dec-2012
Last updated on :
23-Dec-2012
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Pseudotropheus purpuratus Johnson, 1976
Original description as Pseudotropheus purpuratus:
- Johnson, Donald. 1976. "Two new cichlids of the Mbuna group from Malawi with a discussion of several bicuspid toothed Labidochromis sp.". Today's Aquarist. 2 (3); pp. 17-24 (crc00179).
Conservation: Pseudotropheus purpuratus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).
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