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macrocephalus, Melanogenes Bleeker [P.] 1863:36, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 4916. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24405 [ex RMNH 4916] (1). Appeared first and dates to Bleeker in Günther 1862 as Chromis macrocephalus; Bleeker 1863 is therefore preoccupied and objectively invalid. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:766 [ref. 21590]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.


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