Haplochromis empodisma

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 empodisma

Name

Haplochromis empodisma Greenwood, 1960

Holotype: BMNH 1959.4.28.170. [Paratypes: BMNH 1906.5.30.402 (1), .404 (1), .472 (1), 1928.6.2.37-38 (2), 1959.4.28.171-179 (9), .180-189 (10), .190-193 (4), .194-195 (2), .196-197 (2), .198 (1), .199 (1), .200-201 (2), .202-203 (2), 1959.4.28.358 (1)].

Type locality: Off the southern tip of Kibibi Island, Uganda, 0°10'N, 33°10'E, depth 90 feet.

Synonyms

Gaurochromis empodisma (Greenwood, 1960)
Haplochromis cinereus (non Boulenger, 1906)
Haplochromis ishmaeli (non Boulenger, 1906)
Haplochromis michaeli (non Trewavas, 1928)
Tilapia lacrimosa (non Boulenger, 1906)

References

Greenwood, P.H. 1960: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces Cichlidae) Part IV. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 6(4): 227–281.
van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57–110.
Haplochromis empodisma in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.