Male at Chala
A male of Oreochromis korogwe collected in the crater lake Chala [Tanzania]. Photo by Hans van Heusden. (21-Jul-2011). determiner Rico Morgenstern

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Oreochromis


Last updated on:
16-Feb-2013

Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955)


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Original description as Tilapia mossambica korogwe:

ZooBank:C9F6A5C3-1779-4EA2-BD18-F0F4F5D1FA9B.

  • Lowe, Rosemary H.. 1955. "New species of Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae) from Lake Jipe and the Pangani River, East Africa". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 2(12):349-368 (crc01627)

Conservation: Oreochromis korogwe is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).