Haplochromis saxicola

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 saxicola

Name

Haplochromis saxicola Greenwood, 1960

Holotype: BMNH 1959.4.28.249. [Paratypes: (24) BMNH 1911.3.3.39 (1), 1959.4.28.250-255 (6), 1959.4.28.256-267 (12), 1959.4.28.268-270 (3), 1959.4.28.271-272 (2), 1959.4.28.273 (1); MSNG 38916 (1)].

Type locality: Ramafuta Island, Uganda.

Synonyms

• Haplochromis cinereus (non Boulenger, 1906)
• Pelmatochromis riponianus (non Boulenger, 1911)
• Psammochromis saxicola (Greenwood, 1960)

References

• Greenwood, P.H. 1960: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces Cichlidae) Part IV. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 6(4): 227–281.
• 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 saxicola in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.