Species details : Buccochromis spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935)

Accepted scientific name:
Buccochromis spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Buccochromis spectabilis  (Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms:
Cyrtocara spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cyrtocara spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935)
Haplochromis spectabilis Trewavas, 1935 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Haplochromis spectabilis Trewavas, 1935
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Siniverkkoahven - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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大头颊丽鱼 Da tou jia li yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大頭頰麗魚 Da tou jia li yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Dimba - Nyanja Malawi(Lake Malawi Basin) Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Cichlidae FishBase
Genus Buccochromis FishBase
Distribution: Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi. Occurs in both ends of the lake.
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Kullander, S., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=2248
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd98b343-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401