Lethrinops mylodon

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: Lethrinops
Species: Lethrinops mylodon
Subspecies: L. m. borealis – L. m. mylodon

Name

Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & Lewis, 1979

Holotype: BMNH 1978.10.31.27. [Paratypes: AMNH 37904 (2); BMNH 1978.10.31.28-32 (5); MFRU (4, 1 skeleton); MRAC 78-32-P-9-10 (1, 1); QVMS 3800 (2); SAIAB (formerly RUSI) 8335 (2); USNM 218881 (2)].

Type locality: East of Monkey Bay, 14°04'S, 34°58'E, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, depth 30-40 fathoms.

References

• Eccles, D.H. & Lewis, D.S.C. 1979. A taxonomic study of the genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Part 3. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 38: 1–25. Reference page. 
• Ngatunga, B. & J. Snoeks 2004: Key to the shallow-water species of Lethrinops sensu lato. Pp. 252-260 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
• Lethrinops mylodon in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.