Labidochromis caeruleus

Labidochromis caeruleus

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: Labidochromis
Species: Labidochromis caeruleus

Name

Labidochromis caeruleus Fryer, 1956

Holotype: BMNH 1956.9.4.9. [Paratypes: BMNH 1956.9.4.10-11 (2), BMNH (4, 1 skeleton)].

Type locality: Nkata Bay, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Labidochromis caeruleum Fryer, 1956

References

• Fryer, G. 1956: New species of cichlid fishes from Lake Nyasa. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 53(1-2): 81–91.
• Poll, M. & J.-P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.
• Labidochromis caeruleus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Göwer-, Góiderner Labidochromis
Deutsch: Gelber Labidochromis
English: Electric yellow cichlid, Blue streak hap