Petrotilapia

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: Petrotilapia
Species (10): P. chrysos – P. flaviventris – P. genalutea – P. microgalana – P. mumboensis – P. nigra – P. palingnathos – P. pyroscelos – P. tridentiger – P. xanthos

Name

• Petrotilapia Trewavas, 1935: (67), 76

• Type species: Petrotilapia tridentiger Trewavas, 1935
• Type designation by monotypy.

References

• Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 16(91): 65–118. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lundeba, M., Stauffer, J.R., Jr., & Konings, A.F. 2011: Five new species of the genus Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae), from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 22 (2): 149–168. PDF
• 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.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus