Taxonavigation

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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
Genus: Coelotilapia
Species: C. joka

Name

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Coelotilapia Dunz & Schliewen, 2013

Etymology: The genus name Coelotilapia Mayland (1995) was introduced by Mayland (1995) in a popular aquarium book, but is not available, because "it was treated as a questionable new genus, but was described as a generic name under Tilapia and not used in the combination Coelotilapia joka" (Eschmeyer & Fong 2012). Now this name Coelotilapia is recycled. The name was chosen to refer to the cave-breeding habit, but Mayland refers to the Latin word coelestis (= celestial). Very likely he thought of the Greek word koiloma (= cavity).

References

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  • Dunz, A. R. & Schliewen, U. K.; (2013): Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68: 64–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015
  • Mayland, H. J.; 1995: Cichliden. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover. 596 pp.