Haplochromis megalops

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 megalops

Name

Haplochromis megalops Greenwood & Gee, 1969

Holotype: BMNH 1968.8.30.57. [Paratypes: (26 of following) BMNH 1968.8.30.58-68 (11), 1968.8.30.69-73 (5), 1968.8.30.74-88 (15)].

Type locality: Windy Bay, Napoleon Gulf, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Uganda.

Synonyms

• Astatotilapia megalops (Greenwood & Gee, 1969)

References

• Greenwood, P.H. & Gee, J.M. 1969: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 18 (1): 1–65. BHL
• 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 megalops in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.