Tropheops

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: T. biriwira – T. gracilior – T. kamtambo – T. kumwera – T. lucerna – T. macrophthalmus – T. microstoma – T. modestus – T. novemfasciatus – T. romandi – T. tropheops

Name

Tropheops Trewavas, 1984: 102

• Type species: Pseudotropheus tropheops Regan, 1922
• Type by original designation (also by absolute tautonymy)

Note: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Pseudotropheus.

References

• Trewavas, E. 1984: Nouvel examen des genres et sous-genres du complexe Pseudotropheus-Melanochromis du lac Malawi. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie 10 (4): 97–106. PDF
• Li, S., Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R. Jr. 2016. A Revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) With Description of a New Genus and Seven New Species. Zootaxa 4168(2): 353–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.9. Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Tropheops and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.