Haplochromis phytophagus

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 phytophagus

Name

Haplochromis phytophagus Greenwood, 1966

Holotype: BMNH 1965.8.6.6. [Paratypes: BMNH 1965.8.6.7-13 (7), .14-15 (2), .16 (1), .17 (1), .18-34 (18), .35 (1)].

Type locality: Kisumu, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Kenya.

Synonyms

• Haplochromis cinereus (non Boulenger, 1906)
• Haplochromis ishmaeli (non Boulenger, 1906)
• Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus (non Hilgendorf, 1888)
• Xystichromis phytophagus (Greenwood, 1966)

References

• Greenwood, P.H. 1966: Two new species of Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) from Lake Victoria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13), 8(89/90) [1965]: 303–318, Pl. 11.
• 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 phytophagus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.