Ptyochromis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Ptyochromis Greenwood, 1980: 60

Original type species: Ctenochromis sauvagei Pfeffer, 1896
- Type by original designation
Current type species: Haplochromis (Ptyochromis) fischeri Seegers, 2008
- Type fixed by subsequent designation of Seegers, 2008 who found that C. sauvagei Pfeffer did not represent the species previously believed
Synonymy
- Treated as synonym of Haplochromis by van Oijen, 1996
- Treated as subgenus of Haplochromis by Seegers, 2008: 186
- Treated as valid genus by Poll & Gosse, 1995: 281

Greenwood, P.H. 1980: Towards a phyletic classification of the 'genus' Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) and related taxa. Part II; the species from Lakes Victoria, Nabugabo, Edward, George and Kivu. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology, 39 (1): 1–101. BHL
Poll, M. & Gosse, J.-P. 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique, 9: 1–324.
Seegers, L. 2008: The fishes collected by G. A. Fischer in East Africa in 1883 and 1885/86. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 84 (2): 149–195. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.200800003
van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996. The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen 302: 57–110. PDF. Reference page.