Male from Senga Bay
A male of Mylochromis formosus from Senga Bay, Lake Malawi [Malawi], in the aquarium. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Mylochromis


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Mylochromis formosus (Trewavas, 1935)


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Original description as Haplochromis formosus:

ZooBank:03D3B571-C499-427C-8D55-C25A7D767486.

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

Conservation: Mylochromis formosus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).