Haplochromis ushindi

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 ushindi

Name

Haplochromis ushindi van Oijen, 2004

Holotype: RMNH 76623. [Paratypes: RMNH 61402 (2), 76608 (1), 76611 (1), 76615 (1), 76625 (1), 76626 (1), 76630 (1), 76633 (1), 76635 (1), 76655 (1), 76728 (1), 76729 (1), 76730 (1), 76732 (1), 76735 (2), 76753 (5), 77377 (1)].

Type locality: Central Mwanza Gulf, north of Nyegezi Bay, Lake Victoria, East Africa.

References

• van Oijen, M. J. P. 2004: Haplochromis ushindi spec. nov., the largest piscivorous cichlid in the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria (East Africa) before the Nile perch upsurg. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), 78: 249–255.
• 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 ushindi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.