Copadichromis cyaneus

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: Haplochromini
Genus: Copadichromis
Species: Copadichromis cyaneus

Name

Copadichromis cyaneus Trewavas, 1935

Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.1910. [Paralectotypes: (60) BMNH 1935.6.14.1911-1919 (10), 1935.6.14.1920 (1), 1935.6.14.1886-1895 (11), 1935.6.14.1899-1909 (17), 1935.6.14.1921-1930 (9); MNHN 1937-0222 and 0223 (ex BMNH) (2); NMW 25584-85 (1, 1)]; plus other syntypes. Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:306.

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

Synonyms

• Cyrtocara cyanea (Trewavas, 1935)
• Haplochromis cyaneus Trewavas, 1935

References

Primary 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. 
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & Konings, A.F. 2006. Review of Copadochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17(1): 9–42. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Copadichromis cyaneus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.