Male at Thumbi East Island
A male of Placidochromis longimanus at Thumbi East Island, Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Placidochromis longimanus (Trewavas, 1935)


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Original description as Haplochromis longimanus:

ZooBank:C9E38B96-4F15-4007-B87A-E4C8AD900317.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1935. "A Synopsis of the Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyasa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10:65-118 (crc00118)

Conservation: Placidochromis longimanus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).