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Swaziland's Biodiversity - Fishes Checklist

Information from "An Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Swaziland", E.J. Hyslop, 1994, updated with information from Richard Boycott, 2006, incorporating information from the 2002-2003 fishes survey.

Nomenclature as per FishBase as at 05 July 2008. Images from South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Updated 05 July 2008 to include images and links.

Swaziland's Fishes Checklist

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Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander (Weber, 1897)

   Cichlidae (Cichlids)
   (Southern mouthbrooder)
Status: Uncommon
Recorded by Clay (op. cit.) almost exclusively from the highveld. Current observations indicate that this species is not found there but rather in the middle and lowveld regions of the Usutu and Mbuluzi systems.

More information on this species on Fishbase.org



Photographer: Denis Tweddle
Source: SAIAB Image Collection (for reference only, not Swaziland specimens)
Usage: Permission must be obtained from the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity for use of this image.



Photographer:
Source: SAIAB Image Collection (for reference only, not Swaziland specimens)
Usage: Permission must be obtained from the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity for use of this image.

Notes:

Synonyms include name changes as well as re-identified species, previously quoted in Hyslop, 1994.

References:
Bills, R., Boycott, R., Fakudze, M., Khumalo, N., Msibi, J., Scott, L., Terry, S. and Tweddle, D. 2004. Fish and Fisheries Survey of Swaziland (2002 - 2003). Investigational Report No. 70. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Grahamstown. South Africa.

Hyslop, E. J. 1994. An Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Swaziland The Conservation Trust of Swaziland.


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