Maylandia nigrodorsalis

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 nigrodorsalis

Name

Maylandia nigrodorsalis (Stauffer et al., 2013)

• Holotype: PSU 4904.
• Paratypes: PSU 4905 (17), 4906 (20), 4907 (20), 4908 (20), 4909 (8); AMNH 257797 (2).

Type locality: 12°47.671’S, 34°47.159’E [1], N’kolongwe, Lake Malaŵi, Mozambique, Africa.

Etymology: The name nigrodorsalis, from Latin, means black dorsal, alluding to the black submarginal band in the dorsal of males and some females.

Synonyms

• Metriaclima nigrodorsalis 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.