Mylochromis mollis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Series: Percomorpha Cladus: Ovalentaria

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Mylochromis
Species: Mylochromis mollis

Name

Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935)

Syntypes: BMNH 1935.6.14.1334 (1).

Type locality: Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Cyrtocara mollis (Trewavas, 1935)
• Haplochromis mollis Trewavas, 1935
• Maravichromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935)

References

• Trewavas, E. 1935: A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10), 16 (91): 65-118. PDFreference page 
• Snoeks, J. & M. Hanssens 2004: Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. Pp. 266-310 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1-360.

Links

• Mylochromis mollis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012.

Vernacular names

English: Softy Hap