Petrotilapia chrysos

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: Petrotilapia chrysos

Name

Petrotilapia chrysos Stauffer & van Snik, 1996

Holotype: PSU 2726. [Paratypes: PSU 2727-34 (16, 3, 4, 8, 5, 12, 9, 10); USNM 336590 (6, 6); MFRU 9 (3)].

Type locality: Chinyamwezi Island, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, depth 1-3 meters.

References

• Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & E.S. van Snik 1996: New species of Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Copeia, 1996 (3): 695–702.
• 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.
• Petrotilapia chrysos in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.