Adult at Mumbo Island
An adult of Otopharynx mumboensis at Mumbo Island, Lake Malawi [Malawi]. Photo by Ad Konings.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Otopharynx


Last updated on:
24-Jun-2011

Otopharynx mumboensis Oliver, 2018


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Original description as Otopharynx mumboensis:

ZooBank:20B3BCED-DB76-487E-A084-5D956BE7BC8D.

  • Oliver, Michael K.. 2018. "Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malawi (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 59(2):159–197 (crc08933) (abstract)

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