Otopharynx auromarginatus

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: Otopharynx
Species: Otopharynx auromarginatus

Name

• Otopharynx auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908)
  • Original combination: Tilapia auromarginata
  • Current combination authority: Regan, 1920: 38(fn.)
  • Combination: Cyrtocara auromarginatus
  • Combination: Haplochromis auromarginatus
  • Primary type: lectotype, designated by Eccles & Trewavas (1989: 156) (BMNH 1908.10.27.86)
  • Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa
  • Secondary types: paralectotypes, BMNH 1908.10.27.87 (1), 1908.10.27.88 (1)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1908: Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8), 2 (9): 238–243.
• Eccles, D.H. & Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H.W. Dieckhoff, Herten, West Germany: 1–334. Reference page. 
• Regan, C.T. 1920: The classification of the fishes of the family Cichlidae.-I. The Tanganyika genera. Annals and magazine of natural history (9), 5: 33–53. Internet Archive BHL

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Golden-margined Hap