Pseudotropheus sp.

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5369 (4), pp. 451-484 : 467

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:62878FA8-7CC7-462C-9FBF-C9BAEF177855
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10248176
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8B3A-8F1F-606A-95F1-D7BAFB2DBB18
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pseudotropheus sp.
status

Treatment

Pseudotropheus sp. [I]—Mpanga cichlids; None

Status in Israel. First record from Israel Golani et al. (2022).—Israel material: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: Nahal Amal.—Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin.— General distribution: Pseudotropheus is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae . These mbuna cichlids are endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa. Introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species lives in shallow water among rocks in sediment-free habitats and occasionally in the intermediate habitat close to rocks. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Remarks. Established a large population in Nahal Amal. This species has yet to be identified.