Thoracochromis buysi

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

Thoracochromis buysi (Penrith, 1970: 168, pl. 2)
- Holotype: NMN 5099 [Paratypes: SAM 25243 [now at AMG] (1, poor condition)]
- Type locality: Cunene River mouth, Angola

Haplochromis buysi (original combination)
Tilapia steindachneri Boulenger, 1913 [see Catalog of Fishes for explanation of why this older name is a synonym of T. buysi]

Penrith, M.-L. 1970: Report on a small collection of fishes from the Kunene River mouth. Cimbebasia (Series A, Naturwetenskappe), 1 (7): 165–176.

Thoracochromis buysi in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Thoracochromis buysi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Thoracochromis buysi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).