Freshly collected male
A male of an individual of Orthochromis malagaraziensis freshly collected at the Malagarasi river at Uvinza [Tanzania]. Photo by Hans van Heusden. (05-Aug-2009). determiner Rico Morgenstern

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23-Apr-2008

Orthochromis malagaraziensis (David, 1937)


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Original description as Haplochromis malagaraziensis:

ZooBank:57118DC8-3F23-40EE-82B3-2C163D66140A.

  • David, Lore. 1937. "Poissons de l'Urundi". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. 29(4):413-420 (crc01566)

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