Placidochromis polli

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: Placidochromis
Species: Placidochromis polli

Name

Placidochromis polli (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973: 89)

• Holotype: USNM 210695
• Type locality: Off Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, depth 43 fathoms [79 meters]

Synonyms

• Lethrinops polli Burgess & Axelrod, 1973

References

• Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. 1973: New cichlids from Lake Malawi. Tropical Fish Hobbyist, 22 (2), October: 14, 87-93, 95-98. PDF
• Hanssens, M. 2004: The deep-water Placidochromis species. Pp. 104-197 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
• Placidochromis polli in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.