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View Mode View All Pictures Species Lichnochromis acuticeps Trewavas    Lichnochromis acuticeps was originally described as Lichnochromis acuticeps by Trewavas in 1935. It belongs to the family Cichlidae. It is commonly known as Malawi gar and is known in Malawi as Malawi gar. more common names It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acuticeps AuthorWI   Trewavas [E.] AuthorNI   Trewavas Qualification   --- Year   1935 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Lichnochromis Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Genus   Lichnochromis Original Name   Lichnochromis         Taxon Name   acuticeps Original Combination   Lichnochromis acuticeps Original Genus   Lichnochromis Original Genus Species   Lichnochromis acuticeps OriginalSubGenus   Lichnochromis Original Author   Trewavas Original AuthorWI   Trewavas [E.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1935 Original Family   Cichlidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 1935.6.14.2283 Journal   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 10) Citation   v. 16 (no. 91) Page   117 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Lichnochromis acuticeps Current Species   acuticeps Current Genus   Lichnochromis Current AuthorWI   Trewavas [E.] Current AuthorNI   Trewavas Current Year   1935 Current Family   Cichlidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   demersal         Water   Fresh water     Distribution   Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Current Summary   Valid as Lichnochromis acuticeps  Trewavas 1935. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.   Name History   • Valid as Lichnochromis acuticeps  Trewavas 1935 -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:255 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:241 [ref. 20944]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References No data to paginate Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   No data to display Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') No data to paginate Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…