Pelvicachromis pulcher

Pelvicachromis pulcher

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: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Pelvicachromis
Species: Pelvicachromis pulcher

Name

Pelvicachromis pulcher (Boulenger, 1901)

Syntypes: BMNH 1901.1.28.13-20 (7).

Type locality: Junction of Ethiop River and Jamieson River, Niger Delta.

Synonyms

• Pelmatochromis aurocephalus Meinken, 1960
• Pelmatochromis camerunensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968
• Pelmatochromis kribensis (non Boulenger, 1911)
• Pelmatochromis pulcher Boulenger, 1901
• Pelmatochromis pulcher kribensis (non Boulenger, 1911)
• Pelmatochromis subocellatus kribensis (non Boulenger, 1911)
• Pelvicachromis sacramontis Paulo, 1977

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1901: On the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1901, 1 (pt 1): 4–10, Pls. 2-4.
• Poll, M. & J.P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.
• Pelvicachromis pulcher in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow Krib