Melanochromis joanjohnsonae

Melanochromis joanjohnsonae

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: Melanochromis
Species: Melanochromis joanjohnsonae

Name

Melanochromis joanjohnsonae (Johnson, 1974)

• Holotype: AMNH 33464. [Paratypes: AMNH 33465 (1)]
• Type locality: Likoma Island, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa

Synonyms

• Labidochromis caeruleus likomae (non Iles, 1960)
• Labidochromis exasperatus (Burgess, 1976)
• Labidochromis joanjohnson Johnson, 1974
• Labidochromis joanjohnsonae Johnson, 1974
• Labidochromis textilis (non Oliver, 1975)
• Melanochromis exasperatus Burgess, 1976
• Pseudotropheus joanjohnsonae (Johnson, 1974)

References

• Johnson, D.S. 1974: New cichlids from Lake Malawi, including descriptions of two new species. Today's Aquarist, 1 (1): 12–17. PDF
• Bowers, N. & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1997: Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8 (1): 49–70.
• Melanochromis joanjohnsonae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Pearl of Likoma