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FishMAP:   1156
Province:  
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1628DC
Observer:   Barrett Norman
Date of record:   2018-09-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   745870
Species name:   Serranochromis macrocephalus
Common name:  
Family:   Cichlidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FishMAP-1156
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1156 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:   Interesting! This keys out as a really very big purpleface largemouth (Serranochromis macrocephalus) rather than the S. robustus it looks like at a glance. Likely a very old fish.
Date:   2020-04-07 09:27:15
Species name:   Serranochromis macrocephalus
Species code:   745870
Comment number:   2
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:  
Date:   2020-04-10 14:54:26
Species name:   Serranochromis macrocephalus
Species code:   745870

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