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macrocephalus, Chromis Bleeker [P.] in Günther 1862:273 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 4916. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24405 [ex RMNH 4916] (1). Quoted directly from Bleeker in litt., author is therefore Bleeker. Appeared in Bleeker 1863 [ref. 395] as Melanogenes macrocephalus. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1963:48, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [ref. 21734]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.


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