Freshly collected male
Freshly collected male of Oreochromis malagarasi. Photo by Adrian Indermaur. (17-Jan-2015). determiner Rico Morgenstern

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Oreochromis


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Last updated on:
26-Feb-2014

Oreochromis malagarasi Trewavas, 1983


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Original description as Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) malagarasi:

ZooBank:CE904DC6-D885-47F4-9EF2-6EC6E1A79B91.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1983. "Tilapiine fishes of the genera Sarotherodon, Oreochromis and Danakilia". Tilapiine fishes of the genera Sarotherodon, Oreochromis and Danakilia. 1-583 (crc00692)

Conservation: Oreochromis malagarasi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).