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Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Chromidotilapia
species
Chromidotilapia guntheri

Name

Synonyms
Chromidotilapia bosumtwensis Paulo, 1979
Chromidotilapia guentheri (Sauvage, 1882)
Chromidotilapia guentheri guentheri
Chromidotilapia guentheri loennbergi (Trewavas, 1962)
Chromidotilapia guntheri guntheri
Chromidotilapia guntheri loennbergii (Trewavas, 1962)
Chromidotilapia loennbergi (Trewavas, 1962)
Hemichromis guentheri Sauvage, 1882
Hemichromis guntheri Sauvage, 1882
Hemichromis tersquamatus Günther, 1899
Hemichromis voltae Steindachner, 1887
Pelmatochromis belladorsalis Innes, 1935
Pelmatochromis boulengeri Lönnberg, 1903
Pelmatochromis guentheri (Sauvage, 1882)
Pelmatochromis loennbergi Trewavas, 1962
Pelmatochromis pellegrini Boulenger, 1903
Homonyms
Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882)
Common names
Akpa-tsu in Ewe
Bonto in Ewe
Boto in Ewe
Cichlid in language.
Côwron in language.
Guenther's Mouthbrooder in English
Gunther's cichlid in English
Gunther's cichlid in English
Günther's Mouthbrooder in English
Kwana in Hausa
Lue in language.
viherpalettihautoja in Finnish
Lue in language.
Akpa-tsu in Ewe
Bonto in Ewe
Boto in Ewe
Cichlid in language.
Côwron in language.
Itoin in language.
Kwana in Hausa

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  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
  4. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
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