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View Mode View All Pictures Species Pseudotropheus elongatus Fryer    Pseudotropheus elongatus was originally described as Pseudotropheus elongatus by Fryer in 1956. It belongs to the family Cichlidae. It is commonly known as Elongate mbuna and is known in USA (contiguous states) as Elongate mbuna. 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   elongatus AuthorWI   Fryer [G.] AuthorNI   Fryer Qualification   --- Year   1956 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Pseudotropheus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Genus   Pseudotropheus Original Name   Pseudotropheus         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Pseudotropheus elongatus Original Genus   Pseudotropheus Original Genus Species   Pseudotropheus elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Pseudotropheus Original Author   Fryer Original AuthorWI   Fryer [G.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1956 Original Family   Cichlidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Mbamba Bay, eastern Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], Tanzania. Types   Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1956.6.4.27 (1). Primary Code   Lectotype Primary Type   BMNH 1956.9.4.1 Journal   Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. Citation   v. 53 (nos. 1-2) Page   84 Illustrations   Fig. 3 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Chindongo elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus   Chindongo Current AuthorWI   Fryer [G.] Current AuthorNI   Fryer Current Year   1956 Current Family   Cichlidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   demersal         Water   Fresh water Habitat Notes   Inhabits the shallow rocky biotope in sediment-free areas. Common around small rocks. Feeds by combing loose algae from the biocover (Ref. 5595).     Distribution   Eastern Africa: Lake Malawi. Current Summary   Synonym of Chindongo elongatus  (Fryer 1956). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.   Name History   • Valid as Pseudotropheus elongatus  Fryer 1956 -- (Maréchal 1991:403 [ref. 20944], Seegers 1996:99 [ref. 22571], Stauffer & Kellogg 2001:150 [ref. 25895]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 3 (66 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   ater Chindongo ater (Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988) Valid ater Pseudotropheus ater Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988 Synonym auratus Pseudotropheus auratus (Boulenger [G. A.] 1897) Synonym aurora Pseudotropheus aurora Burgess [W. E.] 1976 Synonym barlowi Pseudotropheus barlowi McKaye [K. R.] & Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1986 Synonym benetos Pseudotropheus benetos Bowers [N. J.] & Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1997 Valid brevis Pseudotropheus brevis (Trewavas [E.] 1935) Synonym callainos Pseudotropheus callainos Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] & Hert [E.] 1992 Synonym crabro Pseudotropheus crabro (Ribbink [A. J.] & Lewis [D. S. C.] 1982) Valid cyaneorhabdos Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos Bowers [N. J.] & Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1997 Valid cyaneus Chindongo cyaneus (Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988) Valid cyaneus Pseudotropheus cyaneus Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988 Synonym demasoni Chindongo demasoni (Konings [A. F.] 1994) Valid demasoni Pseudotropheus demasoni Konings [A. F.] 1994 Synonym elegans Pseudotropheus elegans Trewavas [E.] 1935 Synonym elongatus Chindongo elongatus (Fryer [G.] 1956) Valid estherae Pseudotropheus estherae Konings [A. F.] 1995 Synonym fainzilberi Pseudotropheus fainzilberi Staeck [W.] 1976 Synonym flavus Chindongo flavus (Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988) Valid flavus Pseudotropheus flavus Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 1988 Synonym fuscoides Pseudotropheus fuscoides Fryer [G.] 1956 Valid fuscus Pseudotropheus fuscus Trewavas [E.] 1935 Valid galanos Pseudotropheus galanos Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] & Kellogg [K. A.] 2002 Valid gracilior Pseudotropheus gracilior Trewavas [E.] 1935 Synonym greshakei Pseudotropheus greshakei Meyer [M. K.] & Förster [W.] 1984 Synonym 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 ('%', '_') Page 1 of 3 (66 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…