Melanochromis melanopterus


Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria 

Superregnum: Eukaryota

Regnum: Animalia

Subregnum: Eumetazoa

Cladus: Bilateria

Cladus: Nephrozoa

Superphylum: Deuterostomia

Phylum: Chordata

Cladus: Craniata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Infraphylum: Gnathostomata

Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes

Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii

Classis/Infraclassis: Actinopteri

Subclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Teleostei

Megacohort: Osteoglossocephalai

Supercohort: Clupeocephala

Cohort: Euteleosteomorpha

Subcohort: Neoteleostei

Infracohort: Eurypterygia

Section: Ctenosquamata

Subsection: Acanthomorphata

Division: Euacanthomorphacea

Subdivision: Percomorphaceae

Series: Ovalentaria


Familia: Cichlidae

Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribus: Haplochromini

Genus: Melanochromis

Species: Melanochromis melanopterus



Name


Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935


Holotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.302-306 (5).


Type locality: Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.



Synonyms



  • Melanochromis mellitus Johnson, 1976: 17
    • Holotype (♀): AMNH I-35387

    • Type locality: Off Mumbo Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi

    • Synonymized by Konings-Dudin et al., 2009: 38


References





  • Trewavas, E. 1935: A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10), 16 (91): 65-118. PDF reference page 


  • Bowers, N. & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1997: Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8(1): 49–70.


  • Johnson, D.S. 1976: Two new cichlids of the Mbuna group from Malawi with a discussion of several bicuspid-toothed Labidochromis sp. [sic]. Today's Aquarist, 2 (3): 17–20, 22-24. PDF


  • Konings-Dudin, G., Konings, A.F., & Stauffer, J.R., Jr. 2009: Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa, 2076: 37–59. PDF


Links





  • Melanochromis melanopterus in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2018. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2018.


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