Benitochromis finleyi

Taxonavigation

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: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Benitochromis
Species: Benitochromis finleyi

Name

Benitochromis finleyi (Trewavas, 1974)

Holotype: BMNH 1973.5.14.553. [Paratypes: BMNH 1973.5.14.554 (1), .555 (1), .556-562 (7), .563-567 (5), .568-571 (4), .572 (1), .573-576 (4)].

Type locality: Nyoke River, tributary of Mungo River, southeast of Lake Kotto, Cameroon.

Synonyms

• Chromidotilapia finleyi Trewavas, 1974
• Pelmatochromis batesii (non Boulenger, 1901)
• Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus (non Pellegrin, 1900)

References

• Trewavas, E. 1974: The freshwater fishes of rivers Mungo and Meme and Lakes Kotto, Mboandong and Soden, west Cameroon. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 26 (5): 331–419, Pls. 1-5.
• Daget, J. 1991: Anomalochromis (p. 6), Chromidotilapia (47-50), Limbochromis (242), Nanochromis (270), Parananochromis (356-357), Pelmatochromis (361-362), Pelvicachromis (363-366), Pterochromis (416), Thysochromis (480-481). Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. Vol. 4.
• Benitochromis finleyi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.