Male in Chimwalani Reef
Male in Chimwalani Reef, Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by Ad Konings. (07-Nov-2004). determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Mylochromis


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935)


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Original description as Haplochromis mollis:

ZooBank:8BF2EB25-A2C8-40E3-9D55-3CC487F7835E.

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