Male at Mazinzi Reef
A male of Oreochromis karongae at Mazinzi Reef, Lake Malawi [Mozambique]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Oreochromis


Last updated on:
31-Aug-2013

Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941)


Become a subscriber

Unlock the full content of this and all other documents, images, and videos by becoming a subscriber of the Cichlid Room Companion. Get a free book of the same value as your membership! You can also open the full profile for everyone to see by sponsor this cichlid species and support the cichlid room companion

subscribe login

Original description as Tilapia karongae:

ZooBank:DFE158D2-6117-425B-8D1F-48A08F72301A.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1941. "Nyasa fishes of the genus Tilapia and a new species from Portuguese East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 11:294-306 (crc01144)

Synonyms (1):

Conservation: Oreochromis karongae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2004).