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Nimbochromis venustus (Boulenger, 1908)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Nimbochromis
species
Nimbochromis venustus

Name

Synonyms
Cyrtocara venusta (Boulenger, 1908)
Haplochromis simulans Regan, 1922
Haplochromis venustus Boulenger, 1908
Homonyms
Nimbochromis venustus (Boulenger, 1908)
Common names
Chibang'ombi in Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Cíclido comando in Spanish
Giraffe Cichlid in English
Giraffe Hap in English
Pfauenmaulbrüter in German
Påfuglemundruger in Danish
Riikinkukkohautoja in Finnish
Venustus in English
Venustus Cichlid in English
tlamovec spící in Czech
Хаплохромис-леопард in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Daget, J., J.-P. Gosse, G. G. Teugels, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991: null. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa, vol. 4. xii + 740.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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