Tropheops modestus

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: Tropheops
Species: Tropheops modestus

Name

• Tropheops modestus (Johnson, 1974: 38)
  • Holotype (♀): USNM 213497
  • Type locality: Off Makanjila Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi [per USNM online catalog]

Synonymy

• Pseudotropheus modestus [original combination; transferred to Tropheops by Konings (2007)]

References

• Johnson, D.S. 1974: Three new cichlids from Lake Malawi. Today's Aquarist, 1 (3): 38–42. PDF
• Konings, A. 2007: Malawi cichlids in their natural habitat (4th edition). Cichlid Press; 424 pp.

Links

• Tropheops modestus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• USNM fish catalog