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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyCichlidae
  5. ›genusCtenochromis
Ctenochromis pectoralis
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IUCN EX · Extinct

Pangani Haplo

Ctenochromis pectoralis Pfeffer, 1893

First described in: Pfeffer, G. J. (1893). Ostafrikanische Fische gesammelt von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1888 und 1889. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> v. 10: 131-177, Pls. 1-3. [Also as a separate, pp. 3-49, Pls. 1-3.].

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distribution

Distribution Pangani River system, specimens only known from the Korogwe, Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir, and the Ruvu River (between Lake Jipe and Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir).

Revision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania

materials_examined

Material examined Lectotype TANZANIA • Korogwe; 1888; F. Stuhlmann leg.; ZMH, ZMH 402. Paralectotypes TANZANIA • 3 individuals; Korogwe; 1888; F. Stuhlmann leg.; ZMH 403 1 – 3 • 1 individual; Korogwe; 1888; F. Stuhlmann leg.; BMNH 1899.2.27.1. Additional material TANZANIA – Ruvu River (between Lake Jipe and Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir) • 3 specimens; 14 Aug. 2015; M. Genner, A. Shechonge, A. Smith and B. P. Ngatunga leg.; BMNH 2021.7.15.1 – BMNH 2021.7.15.3.

Revision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania

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