Mchenga eucinostomus

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: Mchenga
Species: Mchenga eucinostomus

Name

Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)

Lectotype: BMNH 1921.9.6.121 [or 191]. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1921.9.6.122 (or 192) (1)]. Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas 1989:308

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

Synonyms

• Copadichromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
• Cyrtocara eucinostoma (Regan, 1922)
• Cyrtocara eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
• Haplochromis eucinostomus Regan, 1922
• Haplochromis eusinostomus Regan, 1922
• Nyassachromis eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)

References

Primary references

• Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Nyassa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1921 (pt 4) (36): 675–727, Pls. 1-6. BHL
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & Konings, A.F. 2006. Review of Copadochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17(1): 9–42. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Mchenga eucinostomus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.