Male at N\'Kolongwe
A male of Otopharynx auromarginatus at N'Kolongwe, Lake Malawi [Mozambique]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Otopharynx


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Otopharynx auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908)


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Original description as Tilapia auromarginata:

ZooBank:8B603DBA-BE3B-433B-8E12-5657CF8C3997.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1908. "Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser8)238-243 (crc00068)

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