Reganochromis calliurus
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Reganochromis calliurus (Boulenger, 1901[2]) |
Reganochromis calliurus is a species of fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.[3] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus Reganochromis, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae.[3] The species was originally described as Paratilapia calliura,[2] and was moved to Reganochromis by Whitley in 1929.[1] The genus is named in honour of Charles Tate Regan.[3]
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- ^ a b Whitley GP (1929) Studies in ichthyology No. 3. Rec. Aust. Mus. 101-143
- ^ a b Boulenger GA (1901) Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) 1-6
- ^ a b c Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. Reganochromis calliurus. FishBase. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.