Astatotilapia burtoni

Astatotilapia burtoni

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Astatotilapia
Species: Astatotilapia burtoni

Name edit

Astatotilapia burtoni (Günther, 1894)

Holotype: BMNH 1889.1.35.12.

Type locality: Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms edit

  • Astatotilapia desfontainesi (non Lacepède, 1802) [misapplied name]
  • Chromis burtoni Günther, 1894 [original combination]
  • Haplochromis burtoni (Günther, 1894)
  • Haplochromis desfontainesi (non Lacepède, 1802) [misapplied name]
  • Tilapia burtoni (Günther, 1894)
  • Tilapia nadinae Borodin, 1931 [original combination]

References edit

  • Günther, A. 1894: Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1893 (pt 4): 628–632, Pl. 58.
  • Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50(4): 367–382.
  • Astatotilapia burtoni in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2023.