Freshly collected male
An individual of Lethrinops christyi freshly collected at the South East2 arm of Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by George Turner. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Lethrinops


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931


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Original description as Lethrinops christyi:

ZooBank:105F36A6-55BD-4B79-9220-414004B6C3C8.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1931. "A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Lethrinops Regan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:7:133-152 (crc00999)

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