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Species related to Astatotilapia calliptera: [ 3 ] records


callipterus, Chromis Günther [A.] 1894:623, Pl. 55 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893 (pt 4); ref. 2018] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: 1893.1.17.4 (1), 1893.11.15.1-3 (3), 1893.11.15.4 (1, skeleton), 1893.11.15.5 (1), ?1893.11.15.24-32 (9?). •Valid as Haplochromis callipterus (Günther 1894) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:113 [ref. 20956]). •Valid as Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894) -- (Skelton 1993:295 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:300 [ref. 27406], Scharpf 2009:3 [ref. 30400], Marshall 2011:217 [ref. 31755], Konings 2016:291 [ref. 34521], Robins et al. 2018:367 [ref. 35886], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505], Ntokoane et al. 2024:[9] 323 [ref. 42593]). Current status: Valid as Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: East Africa. IUCN (2018): Least Concern. Introduced in Florida (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

centropristoides, Haplochromis Nichols [J. T.] & LaMonte [F. R.] 1931:3, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 451; ref. 16313] Karonga, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], Malawi, southeastern Africa. Holotype: AMNH 9683. •Synonym of Haplochromis callipterus (Günther 1894) -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:114 [ref. 20956]). •Synonym of Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894). Current status: Synonym of Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nyassae, Neochromis simotes Borodin [N. A.] 1936:23 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 68 (no. 1); ref. 13684] Mwaya, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], Tanzania. Holotype: MCZ 32629. •Synonym of Haplochromis callipterus (Günther 1894) -- (Trewavas 1946:241 [ref. 35931], van Oijen et al. 1991:114 [ref. 20956]). •Synonym of Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894). Current status: Synonym of Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther 1894). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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