Male at Kambwimba
A male of Petrochromis ephippium at Kambwimba, Lake Tanganyika [Tanzania]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Patrick Tawil

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18-Nov-2009

Petrochromis ephippium (Brichard, 1989)


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Original description as Petrochromis trewavasae ephippium:

ZooBank:A629AEEC-1A46-4B26-BDC1-64D66C0B9910.

  • Brichard, Pierre. 1989. "Pierre Brichard's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika - Petrochromis ephippium". TFH Publications. 396-401 (crc03469) (abstract)

Conservation: Petrochromis ephippium is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.