Male at Lake Ilamba
A male of Otopharynx sp. 'Ilamba tetrastigma' freshly caught in Lake Ilamba [Tanzania]. Photo by Martin Genner. (16-Jul-2011). determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Otopharynx


Last updated on:
19-Dec-2015

Otopharynx sp. 'Ilamba tetrastigma'


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Original reference as Otopharynx sp. 'Ilamba tetrastigma':

  • Malinsky, Milan & R.J. Challis, A.M. Tyers, S. Schiffels, Y. Terai, B.P. Ngatunga, E.A. Miska, R. Durbin, M.J. Genner, G.F. Turner. 2015. "Genomic islands of speciation separate cichlid ecomorphs in an East African crater lake". Science. 350(6267):1493-1498. DOI: 10.1126/science.aac9927 (crc07012) (abstract)

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