Species details : Serranochromis macrocephalus (Boulenger, 1899)

Accepted scientific name:
Serranochromis macrocephalus (Boulenger, 1899) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Serranochromis macrocephalus  (Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms:
Paratilapia angusticeps (non Boulenger, 1907) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Paratilapia angusticeps (non Boulenger, 1907)
Paratilapia ellenbergeri Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Paratilapia ellenbergeri Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Paratilapia macrocephala Boulenger, 1899 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Paratilapia macrocephala Boulenger, 1899
Paratilapia thumbergii (non Castelnau, 1861) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Paratilapia thumbergii (non Castelnau, 1861)
Pelmatochromis genisquamulatus Pellegrin, 1914 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pelmatochromis genisquamulatus Pellegrin, 1914
Serranochromis macrocephala (Boulenger, 1899) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranochromis macrocephala (Boulenger, 1899)
Serranochromis thumbergii (non Castelnau, 1861) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Serranochromis thumbergii (non Castelnau, 1861)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Persgesig-grootbek - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Perskop-grootbek - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Makobo - Bemba Zambia(Bangweuru or Chambeshi; Mweru-Luapula or Mweru-Wa-) Click here to show the literature
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Ntasa - Bemba Zambia(Bangweulu swamps) Click here to show the literature
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Purpleface largemouth - English Namibia(Kwando River (Ref. 81703).) Click here to show the literature
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Purpleface largemouth - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Purpleface largemouth - English Zambia(Bangweulu swamps; Lake Kariba (Ref. 27602).) Click here to show the literature
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Purpleface largemouth - English Zimbabwe Click here to show the literature
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Khele - Lwena Angola Click here to show the literature
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Tshimbua - Lwena Angola Click here to show the literature
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大头鮨丽鱼 Da tou zhi li yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大頭鮨麗魚 Da tou ci li yu Mandarin Chinese China 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 Serranochromis FishBase
Distribution: Africa: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Cunene River system (Angola and Namibia); Okovango River and swamps; upper Zambezi system including Lake Cameia, Kafue River and Luangwa system; Luapula-Mweru, Lulua River and Angolan Kasai (upper and middle Congo River basin).
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=5359
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd902ff3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401