Illustration of type
Illustration of type of Orthochromis polyacanthus as it appears in figure 165 on page 247 of Boulenger, George Albert. 1915. Catalogue of the fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume III. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. i-xii + pp. 1-526. Photo by J Green. Sent by Rico Morgenstern.

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Orthochromis polyacanthus (Boulenger, 1899)


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Original description as Tilapia polyacanthus:

ZooBank:035AD71E-23D5-444C-96AF-DD6E4FCF6A5A.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième Partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens". Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. Zoologique 1:122 (crc00130)

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