Lethrinops turneri

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 turneri

Name

Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003

Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 60072. [Paratypes: MRAC 99-41-P-1559-60 (2), 99-41-P-1561-65 (5), 99-41-P-1566-72 (1), 99-41-P-1573-75 (3); SAIAB (formerly RUSI) 08317/1-2 (2), 050983 (7)].

Type locality: Mvera beach, Lake Malombe, Malawi.

References

• Ngatunga, B.P.; Snoeks, J. 2003: Lethrinops turneri, a new shallow-water haplochromine cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Lake Malawi basin. Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters 14(2): 127–136. 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 turneri in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.