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Scientific Name Chromidotilapia guntheri  (Sauvage, 1882)
Common Name Guenthers Prachtbuntbarsch (Germany)
Type Locality Cania River, Assinie, Ivory Coast.
Synonym(s) Chromidotilapia bosumtwensis, Chromidotilapia guentheri, Chromidotilapia guentheri guentheri, Chromidotilapia guentheri loennbergi, Chromidotilapia guntheri guntheri, Chromidotilapia guntheri loennbergii, Chromidotilapia loennbergi, Hemichromis guentheri, Hemichromis guntheri, Hemichromis tersquamatus, Hemichromis voltae, Pelmatochromis belladorsalis, Pelmatochromis boulengeri, Pelmatochromis loennbergi, Pelmatochromis pellegrini
Etymology Chromidotilapia: Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch + Bechuana, African native thiape = fish. 
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Size 160mm or 6.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Sierra Leone to Lower Cameroon and Benito River, in forest and northern adjoining savannah. Also known from the Niger and the Bénoué River and the Sine-Saloum Estuary in Senegal.
African Waters, Cameroon waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Bénoué (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 7 (no. 5), pp 317 [5], Pl. 5 (fig. 1).
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Last Update 2024 Apr 02 09:14 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 15:36)