Freshly collected male
Freshly collected male of Orthochromis kalungwishiensis at Lumangwe Falls, Kalungwishi River [Zambia]. Photo by Hans van Heusden. (14-Jul-2011). determiner Rico Morgenstern

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29-Jun-2008

Orthochromis kalungwishiensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)


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Original description as Schwetzochromis kalungwishiensis:

ZooBank:A4AFCE7A-ADEC-4D6B-9A85-F92D68B6BBBA.

  • Greenwood, Peter Humphry & Sven 0. Kullander. 1994. "A taxonomic review and redescription of Tilapia polyacanthus and T. stormsi (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with descriptions of two new Schwetzochromis species from the Upper Zaire River drainage". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 5(2):161-180 (crc01580)

Conservation: Orthochromis kalungwishiensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).