Freshly collected from Nakantenga Island
A male of an individual of Mylochromis chekopae freshly collected at Nakantenga Island, Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by Ad Konings. (12-Oct-2001). determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Mylochromis


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Mylochromis chekopae Turner & Howarth, 2002


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Original description as Mylochromis chekopae:

ZooBank:51F974AF-40E1-49AB-AE99-92F2829C3DAA.

  • Turner, George & J.D. Howarth. 2001. "Description of two new species of Mylochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 12(3):205-212 (crc01164) (abstract)

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