Haplochromis elegans

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: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis elegans

Name

Haplochromis elegans Trewavas, 1933

Lectotype: BMNH 1933.2.23.381 [?387]. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1933.2.23.288-295 (?8), 1933.2.23.382-386 (5), 1933.2.23.387-389 (3), 1933.2.23.390-393 (4)]. Additional material: (7, young). Lectotype designated by Greenwood, 1973:146

Type locality: Lake Edward, Lake George, and Kazinga Channel. eastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Astatotilapia elegans (Trewavas, 1933)
• Haplochromis nubilus (non Boulenger, 1906)

References

• Trewavas, E. 1933: Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes, 1930-1. --11. The cichlid fishes. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 38(259): 309–341.Reference page. 
• van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996. The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen 302: 57–110. PDF. Reference page. 
• Haplochromis elegans in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.