Cyphotilapia frontosa

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: Cyphotilapiini
Genus: Cyphotilapia
Species: Cyphotilapia frontosa

Name

Cyphotilapia frontosa (Boulenger, 1906)

Holotype: BMNH 1906.9.8.140.

Type locality: Kigoma, Tanzania, Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms

Cyphotilapia frontosus (Boulenger, 1906)
Paratilapia frontosa Boulenger, 1906
Pelmatochromis frontosus (Boulenger, 1906)

References

Boulenger, G.A. 1906: Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.--Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the Third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904-1905. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (part 6, no. 1): 537–619, Pls. 30-41. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1906.tb07891.x
Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50(4): 367–382.

Links

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

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Tanganjika Binké-, Dywékóbf
Deutsch: Tanganjika Beulenkopf
English: Humphead Cichlid
polski: pyszczak hełmiasty
ไทย: ปลาหมอฟรอนโตซ่า

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