Haplochromis nyanzae

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 nyanzae

Name

Haplochromis nyanzae Greenwood, 1962

Holotype: BMNH 1962.3.2.495. [Paratypes: BMNH 1909.5.4.17 (1), 1962.3.2.496-498 (3), 1962.3.2.500 (1), .501-503 (3), and .504-507 (4)].

Type locality: Jinja, Uganda, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza].

Synonyms

• Haplochromis serranus (non Pfeffer, 1896)
• Harpagochromis nyanzae (Greenwood, 1962)
• Pelmatochromis spekii (non Boulenger, 1906)

References

• Greenwood, P.H. 1962: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 9(4): 139–214, Pl. 1.
• 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 nyanzae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.