Maylandia midomo

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: Maylandia
Species: Maylandia midomo

Name

Maylandia midomo (Stauffer et al., 2013)

• Holotype: PSU 4912.
• Paratypes: PSU 4913 (16); AMNH 257795 (2).

Type locality: 11°08.0827’S, 34°38.792’E [1], Lundo Island, Lake Malaŵi, Tanzania, Africa.

Etymology: The name midomo, from Swahili, means lips to note the enlarged lips.

Synonyms

• Metriaclima midomo Stauffer et al., 2013

References

• Stauffer, J.R., Jr.; Black, K.; Konings, A.F. 2013: Descriptions of five new species of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 3647(1): 101–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.6 Reference page.