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rhoadesii, Paratilapia Boulenger [G. A.] 1908:239 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 575] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1908.10.27.38 (217 mm SL). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1908.10.27.37 (1). Eccles & Trewavas 1989:240 [ref. 13547] referred one syntype (as BMNH 1908.10.27.381) to Buccochromis lepturus and treated the second syntype as the holotype of rhoadesii (as BMNH 1908.10.27.38); the latter was designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1446 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Buccochromis rhoadesii (Boulenger 1908) -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:241 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:31 [ref. 20944], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:271 [ref. 28117], Konings 2016:356 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Valid as Buccochromis rhoadesii (Boulenger 1908). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi and upper ShirĂ© River. Habitat: freshwater.


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