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Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus Regan, 1922

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Considered a synonym of Rhamphochromis longiceps (Günther, 1864)

  • Genner, Martin & P. Nichols, G.R. Carvalho, R.L. Robinson, P.W. Shaw, A. Smith, G.F. Turner. 2007. "Evolution of a cichlid fish in a Lake Malawi satellite lake". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 274(1623):2249–2257. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0619 (crc01924) (abstract)

Original description as Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus:

ZooBank:526917B0-1804-438F-81E2-5E4D1BAA3846.

  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)