Pseudotropheus elongatus

Pseudotropheus elongatus

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: Pseudotropheus
Species: Pseudotropheus elongatus

Name

• Pseudotropheus elongatus Fryer, 1956: 84, Fig. 3
  • Lectotype: BMNH 1956.9.4.1. Paralectotype: BMNH 1956.6.4.27 (1)
    • Lectotype designated by Seegers, 1996: 99
  • Type locality: Mbamba Bay, eastern Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi], Tanzania, Africa

References

• Fryer, G. 1956: New species of cichlid fishes from Lake Nyasa. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 53 (1-2): 81–91.
• Seegers, L. 1996: The identity of Pseudotropheus elongatus, with the description of P. longior from Mbamba Bay, Tanzania, and notes on Genyochromis mento (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 7 (2): 97–110.

Links

• Pseudotropheus elongatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Pseudotropheus elongatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.