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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Pseudotropheus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, tropaion = defeat, a memorial of a fighting war, trophy; because of their specialized teeth were such an obvious feeding adaptation (Ref. 45335); galanos: Named for the blue highlights along the lateral sides..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Africa: Lake Malawi, Malawi.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41512)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. No acutely sloped ethmo-vomerine block. Lower jaw parallel to a line from the tip of the snout to the hypural plate. Compared to P. williamsi, head depth is smaller (88.7-99.4% SL vs. 102%); eyes larger, vertical eye diameter 27.3-32.2% HL vs. 25.5%; lesser body depth (Ref. 41512).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

Stauffer, J.R. Jr. and K.A. Kellogg, 2002. Description of a new species in the Pseudotropheus williamsi complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae), from Lake Malawi, Africa. Copeia 2002(1):146-151. (Ref. 41512)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (B1a); Date assessed: 19 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Pseudotropheus galanos Stauffer & Kellogg, 2002