Ophthalmotilapia nasuta

A male Ophthalmotilapia nasuta

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: Ectodini
Genus: Ophthalmotilapia
Species: Ophthalmotilapia nasuta

Name

Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)

Holotype: MRAC 126356. [Paratypes: BMNH 1962.3.13.1 [ex MRAC] (1); IRSNB 446-455 (1, 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 2, 3, 7, 8); MRAC 107077 (1), 107087-96 (10), 107100-105 (6), 107107-08 (2), 107115 (1), 107118-19 (2), 107120-21 (2), 107122 (1), 107129-32 (4), 115349 (1), 126357 (1), 126358-71 (13), 126372-81 (10), 126382-401 (29), 129074-77 (4), 129697-99 (3)].

Type locality: Kalungwe, Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms

• Ophthalmochromis nasutus Poll & Matthes, 1962
• Ophthalmotilapia nasutus (Poll & Matthes, 1962)

References

• Poll, M. and H. Matthes 1962: Trois poissons remarquables du lac Tanganika. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Serie 8 Zoologie, 111: 1–26, Pls. 1-6.
• Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50 (4): 367–382.
• Ophthalmotilapia nasuta in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.