Petrotilapia genalutea

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 genalutea

Name

Petrotilapia genalutea Marsh, 1983

Holotype: BMNH 1981.2.2.221. [Paratypes: BMNH 1981.2.2.222-226; SAIAB (formerly RUSI) 492 (1), 494-495 (2), 496-498 (3); USNM 228444 (6)].

Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

References

• Marsh, A.C. 1983: A taxonomic study of the fish genus Petrotilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 48: 1–14.
• 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 genalutea in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.