| Citation | Liem, K.F. and D.J. Stewart, 1976, Evolution of the scale-eating cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika: a generic revision with a description of a new species.. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 147(7):319-350. |
| Ref. | Liem, K.F. and D.J. Stewart, 1976 |
| Page | 319;fig. |
| Named Used as Valid | Perissodus eccentricus |
| Comment | Original species description. |
| Locality | 'Chituta Bay, 100 m, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia'. |
| Distribution | Endemic to Lake Tanganyika; adults only known from 60-100 m depths in Zambia - Musende Bay, Chituta Bay and off Mwela. One juvenile collected in a trawl 5 km east of Kalemie. |
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