Haplochromis occultidens

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 occultidens

Name

Haplochromis occultidens Snoeks, 1988

Holotype: MRAC 80-49-P-4502. [Paratypes: IRSNB 789 (ex 12833) (2), 790 [ex 12921] (3), 791 -792 (ex 12923-24) (2, 1), 793 [ex 12926] (1), 794 [ex 12915] (1); MRAC 42759 (1), 79-31-P-1957 (1), 79-31-P-2262 (1), 79-31-P-2445 (1), 79-31-P-3134 (1), 79-31-P-7775 (1), 80-49-P-2359 (1), 85-13-P-2 (1), 85-13-P-4-6 (1, 1, 1)]. Additional material at IRSNB and MRAC.

Type locality: Kibuye, Kivu Lake, Rwanda, Africa.

Synonyms

Haplochromis paucidens (non Regan, 1921)
Haplochromis paucidens var. nigroides (non Pellegrin, 1928)
Haplochromis wittei (non Poll, 1939)

References

Snoeks, J. 1988: Redescription d'Haplochromis paucidens Regan, 1921 et description d' Haplochromis occultidens sp. n. (Pisces, Cichlidae) du lac Kivu en Afrique. Cybium, 12(3): 203–218.
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 occultidens in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.