Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi

Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi
Female holding eggs. Male in the background.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Pseudocrenilabrus
Species: P. nicholsi
Binomial name
Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi
(Pellegrin, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Paratilapia nicholsi Pellegrin, 1928
  • Paratilapia ventralis Nichols, 1928 (ambiguous name)
  • Haplochromis ventralis (Nichols, 1928) (ambiguous name)

Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi is a species of cichlid native to the Congo Basin in Africa. As other members of the genus Pseudocrenilabrus, it is a mouthbrooder. This species can reach a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Moelants, T. 2010. Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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