Male freshly collected from Mkuti
A male of an individual of Orthochromis luichensis freshly collected at Mkuti, Malagarasi drainage [Tanzania] in the aquarium of Hans van Heusden [Tanzania]. Photo by Hans van Heusden. (03-Aug-2009). determiner Rico Morgenstern

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Orthochromis luichensis DeVos & Seegers, 1998


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Original description as Orthochromis luichensis:

ZooBank:77F929C0-F9E5-4D92-9D02-0790E8EC16F6.

  • de Vos, Luc & L. Seegers. 1998. "Seven new Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Malagarasi, Luiche and Rugufu basins (Lake Tanganyika drainage), with notes on their reproductive biology". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 9(4):371-420 (crc01067) (abstract)

Conservation: Orthochromis luichensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).