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Species in the genus Ophthalmotilapia: [ 4 ] records

boops, Tilapia Boulenger [G. A.] 1901:5 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 7 (no. 37) (art. 1); ref. 5758] Msambu, Lake Tanganyika. Syntypes: BMNH 1906.9.6.152-153 (2). •Valid as Ophthalmotilapia boops (Boulenger 1901) -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:303 [ref. 20946], Konings 2015:112 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:118 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Ophthalmotilapia boops (Boulenger 1901). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: eastern Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.

heterodontus, Ophthalmochromis ventralis Poll [M.] & Matthes [H.] 1962:13, Pls. 4-5 [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 111; ref. 3538] Mboko Island, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: MRAC 130671. Paratypes: (28) MRAC 130672 (1), 130673-84 (12), 130685-86 (1, 1), 130687-89 (3), 130690 (1), 130691-93 (3), 130694 (1). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:58 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta (Poll & Matthes 1962) -- (Maréchal & Poll, 1991:303 [ref. 20946], Konings 2015:50 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:51 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta (Poll & Matthes 1962). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: northwestern Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.

nasutus, Ophthalmochromis Poll [M.] & Matthes [H.] 1962:2, Pls. 1-2 [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 111; ref. 3538] Kalungwe, Lake Tanganyika. Holotype: MRAC 126356. Paratypes: BMNH 1962.3.13.1 [ex MRAC] (1); IRSNB 446-455 (1, 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 2, 3, 7, 8); MRAC 107077 (1), 107087-96 (10), 107100-105 (6), 107107-08 (2), 107115 (1), 107118-19 (2), 107120-21 (2), 107122 (1), 107129-32 (4), 115349 (1), 126357 (1), 126358-71 (13), 126372-81 (10), 126382-401 (29), 129074-77 (4), 129697-99 (3). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:36 [ref. 20755], Derijst 1991:58 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes 1962) -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:304 [ref. 20946], Konings 2015:285 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:300 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes 1962). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.

ventralis, Paratilapia Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:495 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898 (pt 3); ref. 20658] Kinyamkolo, Lake Tanganyika. Lectotype: BMNH 1898.9.9.33-37 (79 mm SL). Paralectotypes: (9) BMNH 1898.9.9.33-35 (3), 36-37 (now 0); ?MCZ 32325 (1); MNHN 1898-0698 [ex BMNH 1898.9.9.36-37] (1); MRAC [ex BMNH 1898.9.9.36-37] (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:218 [ref. 20868]. Appeared first as above, then in more detail in Boulenger 1898:13, Pl. 3 (fig. 3) [ref. 547]. Lectotype selected in Poll & Matthes 1962 [ref. 3538] as BMNH 1898.9.9:33-37 (from Kinyamkolo). Maréchal & Poll 1991:305 [ref. 20946] cite 1898.9.9.31 (from Mbity Rocks) as lectotype. •Valid as Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Boulenger 1898) -- (Maréchal & Poll 1991:305 [ref. 20946], Konings 2015:44 [ref. 34660], Konings 2019:45 [ref. 36983]). Current status: Valid as Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Boulenger 1898). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.