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Astatotilapia livingstonii
Synonym for Nimbochromis livingstonii (Günther, 1894)

  Original name  
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  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
In Pellegrin 1904.
  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, astato = unstable + Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Named after Dr. David Livingstone, famous explorer of the African continent. During one of his expeditions, the first fishes from Lake Malawi/Nyasa were collected for scientific studies (Ref. 55922).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
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