Haplochromis melanopus

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 melanopus

Name

Haplochromis melanopus Regan, 1922

Syntypes: BMNH 1906.5.30.471-473 (3) Entebbe, BMNH (4) Bunjako.

Type locality: Entebbe and Bunjako, Uganda, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza].

Synonyms

• Astatotilapia melanopus (Regan, 1922)
• Haplochromis stanleyi (non Boulenger, 1906)
• Tilapia lacrimosa (non Boulenger, 1906)

References

• Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1922 (pt 1)(9): 157–191, Pls. 1-4.
• 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 melanopus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.